Christmas gift

[Rhatkinson]

My parents were kind enough to get me this print for Christmas. It was purchased from an old estate auction. My brother, Josh, did some minimal research and said it is valuable (not that I'm looking to sell it, but am just curious about it.) It is a painting and engraving done by Wme. Marshall. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Thanks and Merry Christmas,
Heath

   

[RJNorton]

Hi Heath. I found this:

William Edgar Marshall 1837-1906, New York born painter and engraver. Marshall started his career as an engraver of pocket watchcases. In 1856, encouraged by his mentor Cyrus Durand, who with his brother, Asher B. Durand, were important early banknote engravers, Marshall made his first engraved portraits - images of the presidential candidates, James Buchanan and John Charles Fremont. The quality of these two images led to Marshall's appointment as chief engraver at the American Bank Note Company in 1858. In 1862 he engraved a portrait a portrait of George Washington after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. This likeness was described by Edward Everett as "perfection of ... execution." Washington's portrait firmly established Marshall's reputation as a portrait engraver. After Lincoln's death, a distraught Marshall painted a portrait of the martyr-President to be used as a basis for this engraving. When completed in 1866, this portrait won wide acclaim. The president's son, Robert Todd Lincoln called it an "insightful and skillful rendering." and the French artist, Gustave Dore, declared it "the best engraving ever made by any artist living or dead." In the end, the print was a huge success for Marshall and is today considered by many to be one of the best engraved likenesses of Lincoln.

SOURCE: http://www.oldprintshop.com/cgi-bin/gall...9&itemno=3

[Jim Garrett]

Some would say it would look good hanging upside down in a dark closet. Happy New Year Heath.

[L Verge]

Jim! Even I am not that Southern! If you decide to take Jim's advice, Heath, I will be happy to take Mr. Lincoln into my home.

[Jim Garrett]

This would be in retribution for the way the Salem Marine Society has treated Adm. Matthew Fountaine Maury, the pathfinder of the seas. He was a great pioneer of mapping the currents and floor of the oceans. He developed sea routes that cut the time to cross the Atlantic in half, saving numerous lives of sailors and savings untold dollars for ship owners. Every day a ship was on the ocean meant risk for ship and crew and was expensive.

Maury was made an honorary member of the Salem Marine Society and his picture was hung in tribute in their board room on the top floor of the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem Mass.........until the outbreak of the war of northern aggression. When Maury went South, the society revoked his honorary membership and took his picture on the wall and hung it front facing the wall and upside down.

Please see video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFE22UrnNVs

Heath, you are truly a fine Carolina Reconstructed Gentleman along the lines of Col. John Singleton Moseby. Strom would be proud.

Have a Happy New Year.

[L Verge]

Okay, this old teacher will excuse you this time. Maury was an extraordinary man. About ten years ago, a film company considered using the Surratt parlor for a scene in a documentary that they were doing on him. They chose another historic house, but it was an honor to have our site considered.

BTW: I just found out recently that Mosby's home in D.C. still stands.

[Rhatkinson]

Rest assured that the President resides not in my closet, but on my office wall along with my other Lincoln related prints

   

In case anyone is curious, they are from left to right:

1. Ford's print I made after being allowed to go to the third floor to recreate the Garnder photo of the box during the JWB tour this April along with Lincoln's "I'd rather be assassinated on this spot" quote.

2. The picture my parents gave me.

3. John Nicolay copy of the Gettysburg Address that I made (true story: my brother asked me if that was the real Nicolay copy. Seriously. I replied that yes, I had broken into the Lincoln bedroom and stolen it from the White House.)

4. A Lincoln quote framed as a gift from a friend of mine.

5. Part of Lincoln's hair and wood from the conspirator's platform that I purchased.

6. Original print of the New York Tribune from the day the Emancipation Proclamation was issued given to me by my brother.

7. Print of the east front of the Capitol that I took along with the last part of Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural address.

Heath

[RJNorton]

(01-02-2014 09:32 AM)Rhatkinson Wrote:  3. John Nicolay copy of the Gettysburg Address that I made (true story: my brother asked me if that was the real Nicolay copy. Seriously. I replied that yes, I had broken into the Lincoln bedroom and stolen it from the White House.)

Heath, sometimes I give away free nights in the Lincoln Bedroom for correct answers to trivia questions. Be on the lookout for this opportunity.

[Rhatkinson]

(01-02-2014 09:36 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(01-02-2014 09:32 AM)Rhatkinson Wrote:  3. John Nicolay copy of the Gettysburg Address that I made (true story: my brother asked me if that was the real Nicolay copy. Seriously. I replied that yes, I had broken into the Lincoln bedroom and stolen it from the White House.)

Heath, sometimes I give away free nights in the Lincoln Bedroom for correct answers to trivia questions. Be on the lookout for this opportunity.

Don't even joke like that, Roger. My dream is to visit the Lincoln bedroom!

[Gene C]

Be a major contributor to certain wining presidential canadates, and your wish may come true.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/02/2...ton.money/

[Jim Garrett]

The address of Col. John Singleton Mosby's Washington D.C. home is 1212 12th St. NW. It is sandwiched in among apartment buildings.

As far as sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom, one would have to travel to Springfield or the summer cottage.

[Gene C]

Need some Christmas Gift ideas?

How about White House Christmas Tree Ornaments from the White House History Association
http://shop.whitehousehistory.org/christmas/ornaments-3

My favorite
http://shop.whitehousehistory.org/christ...-1860-1865

[L Verge]

(12-14-2015 12:26 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Need some Christmas Gift ideas?

How about White House Christmas Tree Ornaments from the White House History Association
http://shop.whitehousehistory.org/christmas/ornaments-3

My favorite
http://shop.whitehousehistory.org/christ...-1860-1865

Each year, we sell the official White House ornament for that year in the Surratt House gift shop. They are lovely. This year's is battery operated and lights up. My daughter collects them and has a special tree just for these ornaments. I also have a friend who uses them to decorate inside wreaths.

I also noticed in one of Thomas's photos at the Mudd House that they had a showcase filled with someone's collection as part of their display.

[Thomas Kearney]

(12-14-2015 01:07 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(12-14-2015 12:26 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Need some Christmas Gift ideas?

How about White House Christmas Tree Ornaments from the White House History Association
http://shop.whitehousehistory.org/christmas/ornaments-3

My favorite
http://shop.whitehousehistory.org/christ...-1860-1865

Each year, we sell the official White House ornament for that year in the Surratt House gift shop. They are lovely. This year's is battery operated and lights up. My daughter collects them and has a special tree just for these ornaments. I also have a friend who uses them to decorate inside wreaths.

I also noticed in one of Thomas's photos at the Mudd House that they had a showcase filled with someone's collection as part of their display.

I just started collecting the White House ornaments and have asked for the Lincoln ornament as a stocking stuffer!