Title

Lincoln and Tad

Creator

Alexand er Gardner

Files

Creator Role

photographer

Description

Photograph of Abraham Lincoln and Tad. The image is a variant of a photograph taken by Alexander Gardner on 10 April 1865, just four days before the president was assassinated. [Ref: Ostendorf, p. 220].

Description Source

Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf, eds. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1963; Page: 220.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1865

Measurement

4 1/4 X 2 1/2 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

recto, inscribed below print: It is apointed unto / man once to die. recto, below print: THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH THE PRESIDENT SAT FOR. / Published by G. F. Bouvé & Co. 41 Brattle St., Boston

Subjects

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

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

723

Digital ID

FVW_00723

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.