Title

Seated Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln

Creator

Edward Anthony
Mathew Brady

Files

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

Measurement

4 X 2 3/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

albumen process

Inscription

verso, inscribed at top: Mrs Lincoln / [$30.00] verso, in backmark: Published by / E. ANTHONY. / 501 Broadway, N.Y. / Manufacturer / OF / Photographic / Albums / FROM / Photographic Negative / in / BRADY'S / National Portrait Gallery

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

658

Digital ID

FVW_00658

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.