CONTINENTAL SCHOOL ABRAHAM LINCOLN MINIATURE PORTRAIT, watercolor on ivory, bust depiction facing right gazing into the viewer's eyes, based on a portrait by Mathew Brady Studio. Period veneered frame. Housed in a modern shadowbox frame with museum glass. 19th century. 1 3/4" x 1 3/8" sight, 9" x 8 1/2" OA.
Provenance: From the collection of Williston and Josephine Cofer, Alexandria, VA.
Heritage Auctions, 3/1/2008, lot 48163 (restoration not noted).
Condition
Image with restoration at lower edge and associated inpainting, frame with cracks and lifting to veneers. Not examined out of frame.