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Creator Role
photographer publisher
Description
The carte de visite features a photograph taken by Wenderoth & Taylor in 1864. On 20 April 1865, Wenderoth, Taylor, and Brown published an advertisement in the Philadelphia Inquirer for the sell of card photographs featuring this image. [Ref: O-95.] The photograph features a seated Abraham Lincoln from the waist up. It is cut into an oval shape and affixed to a paper card.
Description Source
Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf, eds. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1963; Page: 184.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1865
Measurement
3 13/16 X 2 7/16 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
albumen print on paper card
Inscription
verso: W. & T. / WENDEROTH & TAYLOR / 912-914 / Chestnut Street / Philadelphia
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Work Type
carte-de-visite (card photograph)
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
7117
Digital ID
FVW_07117
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.