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Abraham Lincoln – Historic Print

Abraham Lincoln, January 8, 1864 — historic photograph
Abraham Lincoln, January 8, 1864. Historic photograph from the Lincoln collection.

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This rare historic photograph captures Abraham Lincoln in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Mathew Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries in New York produced some of the most widely circulated images of Abraham Lincoln, and this carte de visite, dated January 8, 1864, carries its imprint. Cartes de visite were small mounted prints, about the size of a calling card, sold in quantity and kept in albums, which made them the most common way Americans during the Civil War owned pictures of public figures. This albumen print, made by coating paper with egg white to hold the image, shows Lincoln partway through his presidency, months before he would stand for reelection later that year.

Created / publishedJanuary 8, 1864
Mediumphotographic print, albumen, on carte de visite mount, 10 x 6 cm.
NotesBrady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York
Original scan3,595 × 5,922 px · prints to 12 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceL-P-28

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