This class includes photographs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This class includes daguerreotypes, tin types, cabinet cards and many others.
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Portrait of Herman L. Brents Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
The photograph features a seated portrait of Herman L. Brents in costume as Abraham Lincoln. It is inscribed on its reverse to Herbert Fay (American, 1859-1949), a former Lincolniana collector.
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Reproduction Portrait Photograph of Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and Edward A. Barnwell
The object is a reproduction of Edward A. Barnwnell's portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken in 1860. [Ref; O-19.]
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Seated Portrait of George R. Billings Dressed as Abraham Lincoln.
The photograph depicts a seated portrait of George R. Billings dressed as Abraham Lincoln. The object was previously in the possession of the late Lincolniana collector, Herbert Wells Fay (American, 1859-1949).
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Reproduction of John Brown, 1939
Metropolitan Museum of Art and John Steuart Curry
The black and white photo is a reproduction of John Brown, a painting by John Steuart Curry, 1939. The object served as a publicity photo for the exhibit American Painting: 1930-1940 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See 4581B for related press release.
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Photograph of Lincoln Draws the Line Sculpture
John McClarey
The color digital photograph depicts a sculpture entitled Lincoln Draws the Line, located at the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza in Peoria, Illinois.
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Photograph of The American Spirit Statue
Clyde Du V. Hunt
The color snapshot depicts an image of the statue The American Spirit, located at the Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont. The statue depicts a standing, clothed Abraham Lincoln and a nude woman and child.
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Execution of the Conspirators
Alexander Gardner
The albumen print depicts the hanging of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators, Mary Surratt, Lewis Paine, David Herold, and George Atzerodt. In the image, the prisoners can be seen standing on the scaffolding in the yard of the Old Arsenal Prison. The execution took place on 7 July 1865. The image is affixed to a paper mount.
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Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
The object is a photographic reproduction of a portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln by an unknown artist. [Ref; ML, O-25.]
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Elizabethtown, Ky - Where Thomas Lincoln & Sara Bush Johnston Were Married
Foto Finishing Laboratories
The black and white snapshot photograph depicts the ruins of a building in Elizabethtown, Kentucky where Thomas Lincoln and Sarah Bush Johnston were married on 2 December 1819.
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Abraham Lincoln, 1860
Alexander Hesler
The platinum print depicts a portrait image of Abraham Lincoln, taken by Alexander Hesler on 3 June 1860 in Springfield, Illinois. In 1881, George b. Ayers created the platinum print from the image's negative. The print's reverse has been signed by Ayers. [Ref: O-26.]
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Photograph of A House Divided Sculpture
John McClarey
The color digital photograph depicts a sculpture entitled A House Divided, which features the likeness of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. The sculpture is located at Coles County Fairgrounds in Charleston, Illinois.
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Reproduction Portrait Photograph of Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
The object is a reproduction of T. Painter Pearson's portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken in 1858. [Ref; O-8.]
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Black and White Photograph of Lincoln's Spencer County Home
The black and white photograph depicts a log cabin, which has a sign at the front door. It is accompanied by a slip of paper with a caption. Both were enclosed in a silver frame, but were removed for preservation.
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Photograph of N.C. Wyeth Painting of Lincoln and Johnson
N. C. Wyeth
The color photographic print depicts and image of N.C. Wyeth's painting of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
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Reproduction Portrait Photograph of Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and Christopher S. German
The object is a reproduction of a portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken by Christopher S. German in 1861. [Ref; O-43.]
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Reproduction Gardner Portrait of Lincoln
A.W. Elson and Company, Moses P. Rice, and Alexander Gardner
The black and white image is a reproduction of a photograph taken by Alexander Gardner in Washington, D.C. on 15 November 1863. It features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln dressed in a suit and tie and has been reproduced on off-white paper. The image was found in a brown wooden frame, but was removed due to the frame damaging the object. (Tears appear where nails were affixed to the frame to seal in the object.)
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Reproduction Portrait Photograph of Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and William Marsh
The object is a reproduction of William Marsh's portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken in 1860. [Ref; O-21.]
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Lincoln, McClellan, and Garrett from a Print from the Original Negative
The reproduction depicts an image of Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, and John W. Garrett at a Union camp. Soldiers, tents, and horses are pictured in the background. The reverse contains additional information about the object. The reproduction was enclosed in a black frame, but was removed for preservation.
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Seated Portrait of Edward Carroll in Abraham Lincoln Costume
The photograph depicts a seated portrait of Edward Carroll in costume as Abraham Lincoln. The object was previously in the possession of the late Lincolniana collector, Herbert Wells Fay (American, 1859-1949).
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A. Lincoln and His Residence
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and John Adams Whipple
The object is a reproduction of a J. A. Whipple photograph (taken ca. 1860) of Abraham Lincoln's Springfield Home. [Ref; O-38.]
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Portrait of George R. Billings Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
The photograph features a standing portrait of George R. Billings in costume as Abraham Lincoln. The object was previously in the possession of the late Lincolniana collector, Herbert Wells Fay (American, 1859-1949).
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Portrait of Herman L. Brents Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
The photograph features a bust-length portrait of Herman L. Brents in costume as Abraham Lincoln. It is inscribed on its reverse to Herbert Fay (American, 1859-1949), a former Lincolniana collector.
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Photograph of Lincoln Assassination Chair
The black and white photograph depicts the chair in which Abraham Lincoln sat when he was shot at Ford's Theatre. The photograph is accompanied by a slip of paper that features a caption. The photograph was enclosed in a black frame, but was removed for preservation.
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Photograph of Prairie Lawyer Bust Sculpture
James J. Nance
The color photograph depicts the right-front view of a bronze bust of a beardless Abraham Lincoln entitled Prairie Lawyer.
