Death-Bed of Lincoln, April 15, 1865

by Abraham Lincoln, John Littlefield, photographer

$450 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting, on printed mount. Image 5 x 9 1/2 in.; mounted to 11 x 14 in. Faint toning to mount; fine. Item #375831 A published photograph of Littlefield's hyper-realistic Lincoln death-bed painting, each figure meticulously rendered from photographs. Littlefield studied law under Lincoln in 1858, stumped for him in his Presidential bid, and was rewarded with a position in the Treasury

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