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Lot 557: Abraham Lincoln Law Library Shadowbox with Autographs, Artifacts

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Collage of artifacts related to future President Abraham Lincoln's Illinois law office and law partners, all framed in a shadowbox setting. Includes clipped autographs of John T. Stuart (Lincoln's first law partner, signature dated 1876); Stephen T. Logan (signed summons, dated 1834); and William H. Herndon (taken from one of his law books); a clipped […]

Lot 555: Two John Rogers Civil War Figural Groups: Union Refugees and Taking the Oath

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1st Item: John Rogers (American, 1829 – 1904) painted plaster figural sculpture titled "Union Refugees," depicting a Southern Unionist family fleeing to the North. The father is carrying a gun with a small bundle of belongings, suggesting all that the family had left behind, as his wife leans against him and their son attempts to […]

Lot 553: Two John Rogers Civil War Figural Groups: Fugitive Story plus The Slave Auction

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1st Item: John Rogers (American, 1829 – 1904) post Civil War painted plaster figural sculpture titled "The Fugitive Story" depicting the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, the minister Henry Ward Beecher, and the editor of The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison–all abolitionists in the 19th century. Also depicted is an unidentified black woman and her young child […]

Lot 552: John Rogers Civil War Figural Group, The Council of War

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John Rogers (American, 1829 – 1904) painted Civil War plaster figural sculpture titled "The Council of War" depicting President Abraham Lincoln seated and examining a map with Lt. General Ulysses Grant and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton standing behind him. Signed and titled on the base. Patented in 1868. 24 1/8" H x 17 1/8" […]

Lot 550: George E. Bissell Gorham Bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, 5.5 in.

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George Edwin Bissell (American, 1839-1920) small bronze sculpture by the Gorham Foundry depicting Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, standing and holding a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in his right hand. Stamped "Geo. E. Bissell Sc" on the left side of the base and "Copyright 1898" on the rear side of the […]

Lot 551: Bronze Bust of Abraham Lincoln

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Bust length portrait bronze of President Abraham Lincoln, signed Mavchi or Marchi and numbered 09/100, mounted to a square black granite or marble base. Sculpture – 10 1/2"H. Overall (with base) – 12 3/4"H. 20th century. PROVENANCE: Elizabeth Ozment for the estate of Elliott Ozment, Nashville, Tennessee. Ozment was a leading Civil Rights and Immigration […]

Lot 548: Collection of 11 Robert E. Lee Images incl Traveller, Miley

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1st Item: Photo on toned paper of the Ernest Ipsen's 1931 portrait of Robert E. Lee as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, 9 1/4" H x 6 1/4" W. 2nd Item: A photograph of the portrait hanging at West Point of a young Robert E. Lee in his U.S. Army […]

Lot 549: Large Lincoln Bronze Sculpture, Address at Gettysburg (51"H)

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Large bronze sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln depicting the President delivering the Gettysburg Address, with his right arm raised while his left hand holds paper containing the speech. Possibly a model for the life-size sculpture located outside of the Adams County Public Library in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Unsigned. 51 1/4" H x approx. 20" W x […]

Lot 547: Robert E. Lee & Joseph Johnston Cabinet Card

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Cabinet card albumen photograph of Civil War Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston, taken in the spring of 1870 during what came to be known as Lee's "farewell tour". At least three (3) photographs of the two in various poses were taken by D.J. Ryan at his Savannah studio; this photograph shows […]