cdv Abraham Lincoln by Elliott & Fry

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cdv Abraham Lincoln by Elliott & Fry

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Sold Date: 05/17/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Fraternal, Political, Organizations

Nice cdv of Abraham Lincoln. By Elliott & Fry

I am selling a collection of Abraham Lincoln cdv's. Please visit my store.

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I wanted to let you know that this particular image is quite rare & would be worth having checked into regarding the image. If you are to look at the O-79 image you will see that this image is slightly off. I am going to get some photo's posted so you can see the comparison. The shirt collar and tassel are slightly off. It is quite possible that this photo image the angle it was taken is a new one! T have been some questions about this image, and in going over my description, I am uncertain whether I have explained the significance of this image in clear enough terms, particularly for collectors who do not own the very important reference work Lincoln in Photographs, An Album of Every Known Pose. The reference was originally written by Lloyd Ostendorf, and was revised in 1985 by Ostendorf and Charles Hamilton. Ostendorf's original work was based upon the extensive Maserve Collection of Lincoln Photographs, and was updated with additional finds in the 1985 reprint with Hamilton. This is the single most important reference on Lincoln photos, and in the reference, each of the photos of Lincoln is given and Ostendorf number such as O-75. These numbers are used as the primary reference base for identifying all. Lincoln Photographs, and in general, the reference is complete. In the numbering system, Hamilton/Ostendorf include a number of "multiply lens" shots, w the photographer uses a camera with more than on lens, often to make CDV images, and also stereo scope images. It is often difficult to tell the difference between these images, as they were hot at the same time, with the same camera, though from a different lens and angle. Despite this, each of the multiple lens images, is in fact, a different image. Taken from a different place an angle, the minute details of the photograph will differ. In many of the multiple lens shots shown in Hamilton/Ostendorf, the only obvious difference is an additional part of something or another element in the shot, either above, below, to the right or left, of one of the other images. On closer inspection however, since the shot was from a different angle, it is entirely different in very slight ways. This can be the positioning of a leg, or the angle of a finger, but primarily, since they are different images, one image will not fit exactly on the other. In the extremely extensive Hamilton/Ostendorf reference, this image seems to make the image shown and listed as O-79, taken by Aklexander Gardner on November 8. 1863. When matched up against that image, however, it simply does nto "fit" The photos prove this, Again, the hand is only one of dozens of details on this CDV that do not line up correctly with O-79. And so , on careful comparison it is very obvious that this is not the same lens or angle as the O-79 image shown in Hamilton/Ostendorf. Just as obvious, it was taken with the same camera, and at the same time, however, again, it is not the same image! Hamilton/Ostendorf clearly set apart the various lens shots by the multiple lens cameras as different images in their reference, and rightfully so. This exact image, however, is not documented anyw, and is not shown at all, and is Unlisted and this an extremely significant find. More important, the Hamilton/Ostendorf reference does not even identify the O-79 shot as multiple lens shot, so this image rewrites that reference work with respect to the O-79 image. If you are an expert, you may be able to figure out the location of the various lenses, and how many lenses w on this.