Abraham Lincoln Astor House Balcony Address 1861 great old print for display
Abraham Lincoln, The President Elect, Addressing the People from the Astor House Balcony, February 19, 1861 (Civil War Era- Lincoln Speech) Issued 1861 NY by Harper's Weekly A visually appealing original antique wood-engraved print. It is an original 140+ year old pictorial sheet extracted from a scarce 19th century illustrated popular weekly periodical. Offered for the historical interest of the topic as well as the modern appeal of the printed image. The visual presentation is unique to the era and this type of printed popular newsprint image which is no longer being produced. In Good+ [or better] condition: displays uniform age toning as typical for this age image. There may be light scattered spotting, possibly short minor edge splits now repaired on the back with small pieces of archival tape, and some minor waviness and creasing. Any surface defects or nicks/ blank margin issues may hopefully be clearly seen in the scanned image. We w