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Creator Role
creator photographer
Description
A variant of Mathew Brady's Cooper Union Address Lincoln photograph, the carte-de-visite is a photograph of an engraving or lithograph of Abraham Lincoln from the chest up.
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 1/2 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
albumen processes
Inscription
recto, below print: PRESIDENT LINCOLN / C. F. Gladwell. / Copyright secured. verso, backmark: 82 NEWMAN ST. / CHAS. F. GLADWELL / LONDON W.
Subjects
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896; 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
707
Digital ID
FVW_00707
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.