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Creator Role
publisher photographer
Description
The stereograph features a black and white seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln that was taken by Matthew Brady in 1864. [Ref: O-84.] At the card's back, documentary information appears on a sticker. Affixed to the sticker is a three-cent revenue stamp."
Description Source
Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf, eds. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1963; Page: 166.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1864
Measurement
3 1/4 X 6 3/4 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
albumen print on paper card
Inscription
recto, printed at left: American & Foreign recto, printed at right: Portrait Gallery. verso, handwritten in pencil: 983508 / SVE [?] verso, printed: PROMINENT PORTRAITS. / No. 2969. / [?] ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of United States. / PUBLISHED BY E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., / American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New-York.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Work Type
stereograph
Class
photos
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
373
Digital ID
FVW_00373
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.