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Lot of 4 portraits of President Abraham Lincoln with his family, several of which are composite images. E.B. & E.C. Kellogg: Hartford, Connecticut, n.d., ca 1865. Hand colored lithograph, 12.75 x 9 in. (sight), framed to 21 x 17 in., showing the Lincoln family gathered around a table. The President appears reading to his son Willie, while Mary Todd Lincoln poses with a young Tad at left, while Robert sits at center, with his hand resting on a book. Family scene likely composed from separate photographs of the individuals joined together for publication after Lincoln' death. Uncredited oval print, approx. 6.75 x 9 in. (sight), framed to 13.5 x 15.5 in., presenting a second composite scene of Lincoln with his wife and children. Robert stands in uniform, with his arm resting on the back of his mother's chair. Lincoln appears seated beside her, reading to Tad, with a portrait of Willie hanging on the wall in the background. "Lincoln Family" printed below image. A. Robin: New York, New York, 1869. Lithograph, 9.75 x 12 in. (sight), framed to 18 x 22.5 in., presenting another iteration of the same composite family view, with Lincoln reading to Tad, while Robert stands behind Mary Todd. A rectangular portrait of Willie hangs behind Lincoln's head. Uncredited print, approx. 2 x 3.25 in. (sight), framed to 8 x 10.25 in., of a seated Lincoln wearing glasses and reading the Bible to his son Tad, after the photograph by Anthony Berger, New York, New York ca 1865. Provenance:The Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Smith Collection of Lincolniana Condition: Not examined outside frames.