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Creator Role
publisher photographer
Description
Seated portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln. Lincoln holds a floral bouquet in her proper right hand and wears a floral wreath in her hair. [Ref: ML, O-16.]
Description Source
Ostendorf, Lloyd. "The Photographs of Mary Todd Lincoln." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) 61, no. 3 (Autumn,1968): 269-332.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1861
Measurement
4 X 2 1/2 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
albumen process
Inscription
recto, below print: MRS. LINCOLN / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by M. B. Brady, in the / Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U. S. for the So. District of New-York. verso, inscribed at top: FA / NI verso, in backmark: Published by / E. ANTHONY. / 501 Broadway, N.Y. / Manufacturer / OF / Photographic / Albums / FROM / Photographic Negative / in / BRADY'S / National Portrait Gallery. / Snyder, Black & Sturn, N. Y.
Subjects
Carte de visite photographs; Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
Work Type
albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Class
CDVs
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
657
Digital ID
FVW_00657
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries.
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.