RUBY AMBROTYPE PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1860 Start Price USD 8,000.00 Current Price USD 8,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, December 02, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Location paris, IL See more about 'RUBY AMBROTYPE PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1860' Description ABRAHAM LINCOLN * AN OUTSTANDING RUBY AMBROTYPE PORTRAIT FROM AN 1860 CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPH.   THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY ALEXANDER HESLER IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS ON JUNE 3, 1860  THE PRESENT IMAGE IS REVERSED, THE ORIGINAL HAVING LINCOLN FACING RIGHT. THIS IS QUITE COMMON IN PHOTOGRAPHIC COPY IMAGES OF THE DAY.  IT WAS ONE OF THREE POSES TAKEN THAT DAY, ALL OF WHICH WERE WIDELY USED TO PROMOTE LINCOLN IN THE COMING ELECTION CAMPAIGN. LINCOLN'S LONG TIME LAW PARTNER WILLIAM HERNDON WROTE OF THE IMAGE AS "ESENTIALLY LINCOLNIAN; NO OTHER ARTIST HAS EVER CAUGHT IT''. LINCOLN HIMSELF SAID OF ONE OF THE OTHER IMAGES SHOT BY HESSLER THAT DAY, ''THAT LOOKS BETTER AND EXPRESSES ME BETTER THAN ANY I HAVE EVER SEEN'' IF IT PLEASES THE PEOPLE I AM SATISFIED. CONDITION IS BASICALLY EXCELLENT . THERE IS A MINOR DISCOLORATION AT 10:00 NOT AFFECTING THE PORTRAIT AND ONE FINE SCRATCH RUNNING FROM LINCOLN'S FOREHEAD ACROSS HIS HAIR ABOVE HIS LEFT EAR. HOWEVER NEITHER DETRACTS SIGNIFICANTLY,  THIS IMAGE SEEN ONLY IN AN ALBUMEN FORM AND NEVER  IN A RUBY  AMBROTYPE SUCH AS THIS.     A SUPERB LINCOLN ITEM.   I TOOK PICTURS OF THE GLASS TO SHOW THAT IT IS RUBY. THIS IS THE ONE IN THE BOOKS I PRESENT TO YOU IN THE PICTURES Place a Bid!