[Abraham Lincoln, seated and holding a book, with his son Tad (Thomas) leaning on a table]

Photo by Alexander Gardner taken at Gardner's Gallery in Washington, DC, on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This last photo session from life was long thought to have happened on April 10, 1865, but more recent research has indicated the earlier date in February. Left side of photo has been cropped.
Ostendorf, no. 114
Meserve, no. 95
Gift, General R.L. Hoxie, Washington, DC June 30, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:45956)
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 219-20.
Published in: The Face of Lincoln / compiled and edited by James Mellon. New York : Viking Press, 1979, p. 176-177.
Published in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve and Carl Sandburg. New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944, pl. 95.

Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States in 1856 and worked as a photographer in Mathew Brady's studio. Gardner was sent to document the American Civil War and produced some of the most iconic images of the conflict, including photographs of the battlefields at Antietam and Gettysburg. After the war, Gardner photographed President Lincoln and the American West, including images of Native Americans, settlers, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad.