Orginals ~ Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln are returning home from church, Sunday, December 9, 1860. Willie and Tad run on ahead. Older son, Robert, was away at Harvard.

24-1-77 Original

Subject: Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln are returning home from church, Sunday, December 9, 1860. Willie and Tad run on ahead. Older son, Robert, was away at Harvard.

Description: Phil Wagner commissioned Ostendorf to draw this ink and wash for the promotion of the re-opening of Lincoln's Home in June 1988.

The U.S. Postal Service made a special cancellation that day, with a line drawing of this picture, which is owned by Phil Wagner.

The ink and wash was used for the front cover of the Special Edition of the book, Abraham Lincoln, The Boy ~ The Man. This book was the gift given to all the dignitaries. Six leather-bound books were given to the various top officials in the Federal government. (President Ronald Reagan, Mrs. Reagan, Secretary of the Interior, Head of the National Park Services and Superintendent of Lincoln's Home) Ostendorf numbered and signed several copies for the Eastern National Book Store to sell.

The ink and wash was used for a special cachet for an envelope used for the re-opening of Lincoln's Home, along with the special cancellation. These have become a collectors item...the envelopes and the numbered & signed books.

Original: (1) Ink and wash on artist board 11" x 14"
matted and framed $1,500.00 SOLD

Positives Prints: 8.5" x 11"
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