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TITLE:  [Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and newspaper, Aug. 9, 1863]

CALL NUMBER:  Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1972:018 [item] [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-ppmsca-19206 (digital file from original)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  "Lincoln poses in Gardner's new gallery on Sunday, August 9, 1863. ... Lincoln had promised to be Gardner's first sitter and chose Sunday for his visit to avoid 'curiosty-seekers and other seekers' while on his way to the gallery." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 130)

MEDIUM:  1 photographic print : albumen, on carte de visite mount ; 10 x 6 cm.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [Washington, D.C., 1863, printed later]

CREATOR:

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer.

NOTES:

Title devised by Library staff.

Ostendorf, no. 71

Meserve, no. 51

Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 133.

Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018

SUBJECTS:

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.

FORMAT:

Portrait photographs 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite 1860-1870.
Albumen prints 1860-1870.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original) ppmsca 19206 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.19206

CONTROL #:  2008680388



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