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Washington, D.C.: John H. Littlefield; Wm. Terry, Printer, 1866. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting, on printed mount. 1 vols. Image 11 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.; mounted to 19 x 24 in. Soiling to image, vertical crease, large chips to bottom of mount, not affecting image or legend; good. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting, on printed mount. 1 vols. Image 11 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.; mounted to 19 x 24 in. 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 Department. After Lincoln's death, Littlefield invented this tableau of twenty-five people ranged around the death-bed, including Vice-President Johnson, Surgeon Chalres Leale, and Mrs. Lincoln. "The artist used photographs as models for the twenty-five people gathered in the death room, but his profile of the…
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Death Bed of Lincoln
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Saint Hyacinthe, Canada: J.J.E. Sauvageau, n.y.. 3½" X 2 3/8" (3" X 2" sepia-tone print mounted to heavy stock c.d.v. card). Good. Moderately age toned and slightly trimmed, with some apparent inoffensive old glue stains. This untitled c.d.v. features a greatly-reduced photographic rendering of one of many artists' inaccurate renderings of the deathbed scene, with the prone Lincoln near center surrounded by numerous standing and seated figures. Among them are Gideon Welles, Salmon P. Chase, Robert Todd Lincoln, John Hay, Charles Sumner and Edwin Stanton; a seated Mary Todd Lincoln holds a hankie to her face while young "Tad" weeps in her lap. Backstamp of Canadian photographer Sauvageau ("Artiste Photographe") on verso. Unusual.
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- Publisher J.J.E. Sauvageau
- Place of Publication Saint Hyacinthe, Canada
- Date Published n.y.
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Death-Bed of Lincoln, April 15, 1865
by (Lincoln, Abraham) Littlefield, John
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Death-Bed of Lincoln, April 15, 1865
by (Lincoln, Abraham) Littlefield, John, photographer
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Washington, D.C.: John H. Littlefield; Wm. Terry, Printer, 1866. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting, on printed mount. Image 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.; mounted to 13 x 17 in. Faint toning to mount; fine. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting, on printed mount. Image 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.; mounted to 13 x 17 in. 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 Department. After Lincoln's death, Littlefield invented this tableau of twenty-five people ranged around the death-bed, including Vice-President Johnson, Surgeon Charles Leale, and Mrs. Lincoln. "The artist used photographs as models for the twenty-five people gathered in the death room, but his profile of the dying Lincoln shows a first-hand acquaintance" (Ostendorf, LINCOLN'S PHOTOGRAPHS, p. 279).
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