Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2010.77
People: Brady's National Portrait Gallery, American (1860-1894)
Mathew B. Brady & Studio, American (Warren County, New York active 1844 - 1895 New York, New York)
Title: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: carte-de-visite, photograph
Date: 1861-1865
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/212625

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Albumen silver print on card
Technique: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.4 x 6.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Special Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library, Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell
Accession Year: 2010
Object Number: 2010.77
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Judy Murray and Ray Williams, Engaging New Americans, Preparing for US Citizenship with the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2012), ill. p. 28

Exhibition History

32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2019 - 05/13/2019; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/31/2023

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