sold Cabinet Photograph of James Garfield, Possibly Signed as President
Scarce 4 by 6 inch cabinet photograph, boldly signed "J. A. Garfield.".
The photograph was produced by the noted firm Harroun & Bierstadt of New York, whose circular blind stamp appears in the lower right corner. Its principal, Edward Bierstadt, was the brother of noted 19th century artist Albert Bierstadt. The negative was taken for Bierstadt by H. W. Tibbals, Painesville, Ohio (which is...
The photograph was produced by the noted firm Harroun & Bierstadt of New York, whose circular blind stamp appears in the lower right corner. Its principal, Edward Bierstadt, was the brother of noted 19th century artist Albert Bierstadt. The negative was taken for Bierstadt by H. W. Tibbals, Painesville, Ohio (which is some seven miles from Mentor, Ohio, Garfield’s home). The United States Copyright Office records show that Bierstadt registered the copyright on this photograph on October 5, 1881, just after Garfield’s assassination. Taking all this together, it would seem that the photograph was taken after Garfield’s dark horse nomination in the spring of 1880, and before he left for Washington in early 1881. It would have been signed either as presidential candidate or as president.
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