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Abraham Lincoln

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Abraham Lincoln

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries

Date
1864
Medium
albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)
Dimensions
image/sheet: 8.5 × 5.6 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.) mount: 10.2 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2019.12.1
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • Standing
  • albumen silver print
  • President
  • Man
  • Lincoln, Abraham
  • CDV
Provenance

(sale, Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, OH); (Thomas Harris, New York), late 1990s; NGA purchase, 2019.

Inscription

on verso, center printed in black ink: Published by / E. & H.T. ANTHONY, / 501 Broadway. / New York. / CA / FROM / PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE / in / BRADY'S / National Portrait Gallery

NGA object ID 216301. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.