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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner [later print] [O-77 detail]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00245 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: November 1863, 1910 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 37 cm, Width: 29 cm Order a Copy

Detail of Alexander Gardner's famous November 8, 1863 portrait, reprinted about 1910 by Jason Rice. Ostendorf O-77 Head detail (p. 145). Labelled "no. 36." Accompanied by a photograph of Jason Rice's attestation of authenticity (in collateral file).

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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