Variant of Abraham Lincoln Cooper Union Portrait by Brady

Creator

and ré-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Mathew Brady

Files

Creator Role

creator photographer

Description

The cartes-de-visite is of an engraving or lithograph of Mathew Brady's Cooper Union Address portrait of Abraham Lincoln. (Ref: O-17).

Description Source

Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf, eds. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1963; Page: 37.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

4 X 2 3/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

albumen processes

Inscription

recto, imprint in image: DISERI phot. recto, imprint: Disderi & Cie. Photo / Déposé recto, imprint: PAPETERIE VIÉ / 8 RUE DE LA PAIX / PARIS verso, inscribed at top in ink: Abraham Lincoln verso, inscribed at top in pencil: 5.00 verso, imprint: DISDERI & CIE. / PHOTOGRAPHES DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR / 8, Boulevart des Italiens / PARIS.

Subjects

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896; Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène, 1819-1889; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Cooper Institute speech

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

706

Digital ID

FVW_00706

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.