Title

Full-length Photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln

Creator

Mathew Brady

Files

Creator Role

photographer copyrighter

Description

Standing portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln wearing a floral gown. In the portrait, Lincoln stands with her body turned to her proper right. [Ref: ML, O-10.]

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. 1862

Measurement

4 X 2 1/2 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

albumen process

Inscription

verso, inscribed at top: 40.00 verso, in backmark: BRADY'S / NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC / PORTRAIT GALLERIES. / Broadway & Tenth Street. / NEW-YORK. / No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington, D.C. verso, at bottom: Mrs. Lincoln. / Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1862, / by M. B. BRADY in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of / the District of Columbua.

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

654

Digital ID

FVW_00654

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.