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Mrs. Lincoln in white gown, full length view

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0059 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Unmounted. Full length seated view of Mary Lincoln in a ball gown. She holds a bouquet in her left hand. An arrangement of flowers attached to her bodice trails down the side of her gown.

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

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