[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President, looking at a photo album with his son, Tad Lincoln, Feb. 9, 1864] (LOC)

    Berger, Anthony, b. 1832, photographer.

    [Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President, looking at a photo album with his son, Tad Lincoln, Feb. 9, 1864]

    [Washington, D.C. : Brady National Photographic Art Gallery , 1864]

    1 photographic print : albumen ; 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

    Notes:
    President Lincoln visited the Brady Gallery in Washington, D.C., with his son Tad, on Tuesday, February 9, 1864. "One of the most popular Lincoln portraits, this is the only close-up of him wearing spectacles. It was issued in huge quantities in many variations, with and without Brady's permission." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 182)

    Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 182-3.

    Title devised by Library staff.
    Forms part of: Arthur Wallace Dunn Papers.

    Related names:
    Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.), photographer.

    Subjects:
     Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865--Family.
    Lincoln, Thomas--1853-1871--Family.
    Photograph albums--1860-1870.

    Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
    Group portraits--1860-1870.
    Albumen prints--1860-1870.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.19199

    Call Number: LOT 12255 [item]

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      agnellina, Quay Bell, He Who Must Be Named, HeadOvMetal, and 49 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Dean Stevens (47 months ago | reply)

      Lovely photo!

    3. striatic (47 months ago | reply)

      such a touching moment between father and son.

    4. striatic (47 months ago | reply)

      and such a tragic story.

    5. Quay Bell (47 months ago | reply)

      What a Gem of a pic~

    6. He Who Must Be Named (47 months ago | reply)

      one of my favs of Lincon

      --
      Seen in your Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) set. (?)

    7. Omiso (47 months ago | reply)

      Thanks Library of Congress!!! what a gem!!

    8. fw652830 (47 months ago | reply)

      A tender moment in the spectrum of time,....a father and his boy. RIP, Father Abraham (1809-2009).

    9. fw652830 (47 months ago | reply)

      A tender moment in the spectrum of time,....a father and his boy. RIP, Father Abraham (1809-2009). I'm mightily proud to have been born on your birthday (Feb 12, 1943...exactly 100 yrs after the birth of Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926).

    10. bredlo (47 months ago | reply)

      It's wonderful to have any photo of A.L with a family member. I was watching a History Channel show the other day which said (and I suppose I realized it after hearing it) that there are no known photos of Abe and Mary Todd together. Kind of sad.

    11. This photo was invited and added to the The Victorian Father group.

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