$510
American School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Abraham Lincoln Memorial Picture. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, depicting an urn-topped monument inscribed "A. LINCOLN 1809-1865," flanked by figures of a slave holding a document inscribed "Emancipation," and an allegorical figure of Liberty, with shield and liberty cap, with weeping willows in the background, all surrounded by the inscription "ABRAHAM LINCOLN/OUR COUNTRY NOW UNITED/MOURNES[ sic ] THE LOSS/OF ITS BELOVED FATHER," (toning, not examined out of frame), sight t size 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in., in a molded walnut frame with gilt liner.

Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28