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Creator Role
photographer
Description
Cartes-de-visite depicting a bust-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln. According to Lloyd Ostendorf, Mary Todd Lincoln declared this portrait to be the best likeness of Lincoln. The negative of this particular photograph was destroyed in the Chicago Fire of 1871..
Description Source
Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf, eds. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1963; Page: 30.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
4 October 1859
Measurement
4 X 2 3/8 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
albumen processes
Inscription
verso: Negatives Preserved / S. M. FASSETT'S / NEW GALLERY / 114 & 116 South Clark St. / CHICAGO.
Subjects
Fassett, S. M. (Samuel Montague); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Work Type
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
668
Digital ID
FVW_00668
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.