Lincoln, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite
Summary
Photograph of reproduction of engraving based on photograph by Anthony Berger, taken February 9, 1864, showing Abraham Lincoln as head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.
A widely circulated carte-de-visite photo-copy of an engraved portrait based on Berger's camera study, often mistaken for a print of the original photograph. (Source: Ostendorf p. 177)
Ostendorf, no. 12
Meserve, no. 4
Gift ; W.C. Armstead ; April 10, 1953.
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 177.
Tags
Date
01/01/1860
Contributors
Berger, Anthony, photographer
Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.