Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Signed Carte de Visite
MATHEW B. BRADY STUDIO (American, 1822-1896)
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, carte-de-visite, albumen photograph on card albumen silver print on carte-de-visite card handwritten inscription “A. Lincoln” on mount beneath image verso with printed studio imprint: M. B. Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York and Washington, D.C. approx. 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (5.7 x 10.8 cm)
A photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln produced by Mathew Brady’s studio, one of the most prominent portrait photography operations of the Civil War era and the principal source of Lincoln’s widely distributed photographic image. Authenticated signed Lincoln cartes-de-visite rank among the most sought-after items in American historical autographs, with verified examples regularly achieving significant sums at auction.