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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 [seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07735 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 9 February 1864 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 25.2 cm Order a Copy

Large oval seated photograph of President Lincoln taken for Mathew B. Brady. Albumen photograph on original mount with the Brady studio imprint. Hamilton/Ostendorf O-92.

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

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