George B. Ayers Sold at Auction Prices

GEORGE B. AYERS COPYRIGHT EARLY LINCOLN PICTURE

Abraham Lincoln Albumen Portrait, Originally Taken by Alexander Hesler, Printed From the Original Negative by George B. Ayers, Circa 1881. Approximately 12" x 9.5" with "Copyright / Geo. B. Ayers / Phila". This is one of four images taken of Lincoln by Hesler in Springfield, Illinois on June 3, 1860. Lincoln himself mentions that Hesler's images "gives a very fair representation of my homely face." Some loss and damage to the edge of the mount with a crack across the lower right corner of the image, otherwise a crisp, sharp image in very good condition. In an Oval old painted frame, no glass. Excellent