ABRAHAM LINCOLN PORTRAIT BY E. C. MIDDLETON, CINCINNATI, OHIO, chromolithograph on canvas, forward facing bust depiction based on a photograph taken by Anthony Berger of the Matthew Brady studio, double stamped on verso "WARRANTED OIL COLORS" above 1864 and E. C. Middleton manufacture information. Original gilt and gesso frame with later gold paint. E. C. Middleton Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1864. 16" x 13" sight, 22" x 19" OA.
Provenance: From the collection of Williston and Josephine Cofer, Alexandria, VA.
Heritage Auctions, 6/25/2007, lot 74465.
Condition
Image in excellent condition, frame with two small cracks and loss to lower molding, now painted over.