Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Kurz & Allison, Lithograph, Circa 1883

Presented is an antique lithograph of President Abraham Lincoln, published by the Chicago firm of Kurz & Allison in 1883. The portrait is a head and shoulders depiction of our 16th President, in a dark top coat and vest, white shirt, and dark necktie.  Kurz and Allison was a major American publisher of chromolithographs in the late 19th century. Based at 267-269 Wabash Avenue in Chicago, they built their reputation on large prints depicting battles of the American Civil War, published in the mid-1880s. The 1880s were a period of recollection and remembrance among Civil War veterans, and the company was trying to capitalize off this sentiment. In all, a set of thirty-six battle scenes were published from designs by Louis Kurz, himself a veteran of the war.  CONDITION:  Good condition overall. Black and white lithograph. Light acid burn from previous mat, extending into image.  Marginal splits, not into image. Publication line reads "Abraham Lincoln” at bottom left and “Kurz & Al