Christian Rath Archive

[STS Lincolnite]

I noticed that included in the collection is a CDV depicting the trial of the Lincoln conspirators. It is a drawing of the event, but it is different from the other versions of this image that I have seen before. The one in the Rath collection appears to be an unfinished version that has the drawn conspirators but not the commissioners and prosecutors seated around the table. Here's a comparison image for reference.

Good eyes Dave. It does seem to be an earlier draft. Obviously there are many more details added to the other version you posted. But it looks like at least some of the images of those in the prisoners dock are different as well (Powell for instance). It is interesting too that the image that seems to be an earlier draft has a notice at the bottom that it has been entered for copyright protection (similar to what the more detailed version has). Maybe the artists decided later to do a different image and just used what they had already done to save some time?

I think $50,000 starting bid for this collection is pretty high. It will be interesting to see how many takers there are at that price (or higher).