Details: This monumental and iconic portrait engraving depicting Civil War protagonist Abraham Lincoln is a special artist proof inscribed and signed in pencil by the artist William E. Marshall.

The original antique print is opulently framed to approx. 28"x33".

William Edgar Marshall was born to Scottish parents in New York City in 1837. At a young age, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he earned a living as a watchmaker. He then worked for the US Treasury Department, where he learned how to engrave portraits. In 1858 he was given a rare opportunity to work for the American Bank Note Company, where he spent “several years and became one of its best engravers." At the age of 21, he set off for Paris, where he planned to learn how to become a great painter. He returned to the United States during the Civil War, when "news of the assassination of Lincoln brought him home to paint, from photographs and descriptions, a portrait of the martyred President†(Hartt). He also painted several notable figures including Ulysses S. Grant and George Sherman during this period. According to his obituary, visitors to his studio may have also heard him share his "pleasant anecdotes of Emmerson, Longfellow, Dickens, Hawthrone, and Holmes.

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Condition / Notes: This print shows nicely with moderate toning and other minimal signs of age and wear. It has not been examined outside its frame.

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