Robert Todd Lincoln

Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926), American politician, lawyer, and businessman. The first son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, he was born in Springfield, Illinois, and graduated from Harvard College before serving on the staff of Ulysses S. Grant as a captain in the Union Army in the closing days of the American Civil War. After the war Lincoln married Mary Eunice Harlan, and they had three children together. Following completion of law school in Chicago, he built a successful law practice, and became wealthy representing corporate clients.

Frederick Hill Meserve (1865-1962), New York textile executive and book lover is considered America's first great photograph collector and a premier authority on Linconiania. Today the collection that Meserve started five generations ago constitutes one of the nation's greatest archives of Civil War era and Abraham Lincoln photographs.

Silver gelatin photograph; printed by Meserve (circa 1916). 2.25 x 3.25 inches. Verso features original Merserve ink stamping credit.

Housed in a paper matte (finished size: 3 x 4.5 inches); may be removed easily, if desired. Face features original notations in graphite written in Meserve's hand: "Robert T. Lincoln."

Also includes a facsimile copy of an original hand-written note (ANS) by Merseve to a young collector, April 25, 1916.

In fine condition.