Our Lamented President

Creator

Files

Description

Proper left-facing profile portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken by Anthony Berger on 9 February 1864. This particular image is possibly one of the most familiar profile images of Lincoln.

Description Source

Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf, eds. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1963; Page: 172.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Measurement

3 5/8 X 2 3/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

albumen process

Inscription

verso, inscribed at top: Our Lamented / President verso, in backmark: BRADY & CO.'S / NATIONAL / PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERIES / No. 352 Pennsylvania Avenue, / Washington, D. C. / and / Broadway & Tenth St., N. Y. verso, inscribed at bottom: 250.- / O-89B

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

678

Digital ID

FVW_00678

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.