Unattributed. "A. Lincoln."

Unattributed.  "A. Lincoln." 

Lithographed portrait surmounting a facsimile autograph in a large oval.  14 3/4 x 10 3/4 (sight) after a photograph.  Oval trimmed 1/4" beyond the remaining paper.  Clean,  bright, strong portrait.  No references found. 

This portrait is based on the 1864 photograph by Anthony Berger done in Brady's studio.  It is a large print and one of the most neat in the  depiction of Lincoln's hair and clothing of all that we have examined.   No hint of the back woods rail-splitter is here.  Rather the image is of a  strong and serious man with a mature beard and more hair than any  other.  The print fits with the message of victory approaching for the North in the Civil War, and it would have been welcomed for those  mourning after Lincoln's assassination.   Almost all oval portraits such as this would have been framed.  Given the destructive materials used and climate in most homes, the fact that  few of this printing are available is no surprise.