Title

Bust-length Portrait of Abraham Lincoln with Decorative Border

Creator

Anthony Berger

Files

Creator Role

photographer

Description

Photograph of an engraving or lithograph featuring a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln. It has a decorative border featuring vignette images. It is a variant of O-92, a photograph originally taken by Anthony Berger.

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

n.d.

Measurement

3 5/8 X 2 3/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

albumen process

Inscription

recto, in print, facsimile signature: A. Lincoln verso, inscribed above backmark: Columbus / Ohio verso, in backmark: FROM / E. S. WALKER'S / No. 27 South High Street, / COLUMBUS, OHIO. verso, inscribed below backmark: 1865 / Apr. 14-Apr 21 / dd.

Subjects

Carte de visite photographs; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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

685

Digital ID

FVW_00685

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.