Frederick H. Meserve, Abraham Lincoln, 20 Original Cartes de Visite, Beautifully Framed

Description

Frederick H. Meserve was considered the preeminent historian of the photographs of Lincoln and one of America’s premier Lincoln-era image collectors who began collecting before 1900.  He acquired Matthew B. Brady’s Civil War negatives, housed in 24 wooden crates, in 1902 – from which these cartes-de-visite images came.  His negative collection is now housed in the Library of Congress. 

It is quite unusual to find this many Lincoln images together, each directly off a glass plate negative in the Frederick Hill Meserve Collection. This grouping includes O-6, O-16, O-27. O-26, O-62, O-63, O-64, O-69, O-82, O-83, O-86, O-87O-90, O-91, O-89, O-92, O-96, O-113, O-114, and O-116. 

Frederick H. Meserve, Abraham Lincoln. 20 Sepia-Toned Cartes-de-Visite of Lincoln handsomely framed together, arranged chronologically and framed under UV-protected plexiglass with a hand-decorated mat.  Each images has its own window, making for a compelling presentation.