[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and a pencil]

The Library has prints of two versions of Lincoln holding his spectacles: an 8x10 inch print from "Emily Tinker positive" and a carte-de-visite-size print. Both are copies of a photo taken by Alexander Gardner 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.
The Library also has a glass transparency of this image, LC-B12-9773-X.
Ostendorf, no. 116
Meserve, no. 97
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 225-26.

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.