Abraham Lincoln
| Description: |
6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch engraving mounted on 9 x 11 inch mat, Abraham Lincoln, bearded, head and torso, with facsimile signature and forged Lincoln signature below; vignette. On the reverse is a handwritten signed and notarized statement from William P. Brown claiming the Lincoln signature to be genuine and the item to have been a gift from Mary Todd Lincoln to Brown in 1866. This is one of several items with forged signatures that Brown claimed to be genuine. |
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| Origin: | no date |
| Created By: |
Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885 |
| Publisher: |
Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885 |
| Source: |
http://contentdm.acpl.lib.in.us/cdm/ref/collection/p15155coll1/id/2126 |
| Collection: |
Lincoln Library Photographs |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/home/research/eresources/lincoln/lincoln-rights |
| Geography: |
New York, New York |
| Subjects: |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Autographs |
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