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E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of United States"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.34 Author/Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 8 January 1864 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 18.3 cm Order a Copy

Yellow mount with printed inscription "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Anthony's Prominent Portraits, #2968. Half length, seated view of Lincoln, with pink tinted face, hands, and chair. [O-84 variant]

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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