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Creator Role
creator photographer
Description
Photograph of engraving or lithograph of bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The image is a variant of a photograph taken by Christopher Smith German, which is believed to be a part of the first series of photograph taken of Abraham Lincoln with a beard. [Ref: O-42.]
Description Source
Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf, eds. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1963; Page: 69.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1865
Measurement
4 X 2 3/8 inches
Inscription
recto, below print: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J.C. / SPOONER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. verso, backmark: ESTABLISHED 1846 / J. C. SPOONER'S / PICTURE PALACE / Foots Block Corner Main & State Sts / SPRINGFIELD, MASS. / Additional Copies from the plate from which / this picture is taken can be had if desired.
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
708
Digital ID
FVW_00708
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.