Lincoln Alexander Gardner CDV RARE Unlisted Image O-79

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Lincoln Alexander Gardner CDV RARE Unlisted Image O-79

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Sold Date: 02/04/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Fraternal, Political, Organizations

RARE UNLISTED LINCOLN CDV IMAGE !

O-79 New Lens Angle

This is an incredible new find!

This is a full length, seated CDV image of Abraham Lincoln, taken in Washington DC. on November 8, 1863 by Alexander Gardner. This was the last studio photograph taken of Lincoln prior to his reading of the Gettysburg Address.

This image is similar to O-79, listed in Ostendorf's "Lincoln in Photographs", but it is not the same image!

This is immediately obvious when you look at the top of the photograph, and you can see much more of the upper (drape?) tassel, not seen on O-79. This is clearly a higher lens angle, also evidenced by Lincoln's toe being cut off in this CDV.

The most important point is, that when the details of any part of this image is placed next to or over the O-79 image, all of the angles are completely different. It simply does not fit, and is not the same image.

To demonstrate this, I did 2 seperate close-ups of Lincoln's hand on the table, with a smaller overlay of this CDV on the O-79 image from Ostendorf. Note that when I line-up the box on the table, Lincoln's sleeve does not line up on the other side. Conversly, when I line up Lincoln's sleeve, the box does not line up. You can do this with almost any part of the image, the angle is simply not the same.

Go ahead, use your own photoshop software, and line-up this CDV with O-79 from the Ostendorf reference, and none of the angles line up at all. This is not very obvious from looking at the pictures side-by-side, but never is when talking about these multiple lens shots. I believe this is (agin obviously) from a higher placed lens, but whether it is directly above, or to the right or left of O-79 has me perplexed. If you can sort it out, please e-mail me.

This CDV is an extremely important historical artifact, and certainly constitutes an addition to Ostendorf's reference, as well as establishing the fact that O-79 was a multiple lens shot, something which is also not noted in Ostendorf. So technically, O-79 is now O-79A, and this image is the only known example of O-79B.

The CDV has a backmark and also is labeled at the bottom front with the Manufacturers name "Elliot & Fry", from Portman square, which I believe is in London England.

Please do your homework, and you will soon discover that this is an extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy what is perhaps the rarest and most important Lincoln - Gardner CDV in existance!

High bidder pays $15.00 for registered insured delivery in the USA. Paypal Only! If you wish to pay by other means, please e-mail prior to bidding for approval.

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 an "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 "multiple lens" shots, w the photographer uses a camera with more than one lens, often to make CDV images, and also stereoscope images. It is often difficult to tell the difference between these images, as they were shot 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 d...