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Summary
Copy of a photograph taken in 1861 at Mathew Brady's studio in Washington, D.C.
Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York: Privately printed, 1911, p. 75.
Attribution to Brady and date from: Looking for Lincoln: the making of an American icon / Philip B. Kunhardt, III. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, p. 468.
Ostendorf, no. 59
Meserve, no. 67
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 97.
Tags
Date
01/01/1911
Contributors
Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
