10-27-201310-27-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2680BBoston
October 27, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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William E. Marshall (American, 1836-1906) Abraham Lincoln

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$600$500
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2680BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 27, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

William E. Marshall (American, 1836-1906)

Abraham Lincoln, 1866, Ticknor & Fields and Wm. E. Marshall, New York. Titled within the image, credited below the image within the plate; signed in pencil "Artist Proof Wm. E. Marshall" l.r. steel engraving on chine-collé paper, 20 3/4 x 16 in. (image),26 x 21 3/4 in. (sheet). Condition: Old repaired tears in margins, smudges/handling marks in margins; very strong impression.
Estimate $600-800

There is an approx. 3 1/2 in. tear in the chine-collé paper margin at upper left; and approx. 1 1/2 in. tear at lower left corner, and a 1/2 in. tear at lower left margin edge in the publisher's backing paper, (both of these reinforced on the back with rice paper).


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Keywords

William E. Marshall, Proof Wm, Abraham Lincoln, l.r. steel engraving