CIVIL WAR TINTYPE LOT OF MARY TODD LINCOLN FAMILY

Two framed Gutta Percha tinted tintypes measuring 4 1/2 X 4 3/4 inches and both in excellent condition. Both images have a 19th Century tags that read "Todd Family Spring 1860" "Related to Mary Todd Lincoln" to one image and to the other "Todd family Illinois 1860" "Relation to Mary Todd Lincoln 1860" The images depict a young couple with the woman in a light blue tinted dress with black trim and black lace gloves while the other image showing the same lady in the same dress with another young woman wearing a pink dress with black trim. The frames were designed to be hung on a wall. Mary Lincoln December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882 was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and as such the First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865. Today, she is commonly known as Mary Todd Lincoln, though she did not use the name Todd after marrying. She was a member of a large, wealthy Kentucky family, and was well educated. Born Mary Ann Todd, she dropped the name Ann after her younger sister, Ann Todd (later Clark), was born. After finishing school during her teens, she moved to Springfield, Illinois, where she lived with her married sister Elizabeth Edwards. Before she married Abraham Lincoln, Mary was courted by his long-time political opponent Stephen A. Douglas. She and Lincoln had four sons together, three of whom died young. Their family home and neighborhood in Springfield, Illinois is preserved at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site. She staunchly supported her husband throughout his presidency and was active in keeping national morale high during the Civil War. She acted as the White House social coordinator, throwing lavish balls and redecorating the White House at great expense; her spending was the source of much consternation. She was seated next to Abraham when he was assassinated in the President's Box at Ford's Theatre on Tenth Street in Washington. His death weighed heavily on her, as did the death of her sons. Mary suffered from numerous physical and mental health issues during her life. She had frequent migraines, which were exacerbated by a head injury in the 1860s. She was depressed for much of her life; some historians think she may have had bipolar disorder. She was briefly institutionalized for psychiatric disease in 1875 but later retired to the home of her sister. She died of a stroke in 1882. Of her husband and four children, only the eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, outlived Mary.