Research Catalog

Title

Abraham Lincoln portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1920?-1959?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Powers, L.
• Byers, A. M.
• Shepherd, N. B.
• Handy.
• New-York Historical Society.

Description

• <7> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 27 x 22 cm. or smaller.
• <18> photomechanical prints : b&w ;

Summary

Copies of quarter length portraits of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Collection also includes views of the Emancipation Statue, a campaign poster for Lincoln's reelection as president, a copy of a drawing of Lincoln walking through a crowd, and his funeral. Lincoln is also shown in a group portrait with his cabinet and in a political cartoon.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Portrait photographs > 1840-1869
• Presidents > United States
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1920-1959
• Group portraits > 1860-1869
• Posters > 1860-1869
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Statues
• Photomechanical prints > 1930-1957
• Political cartoons > 1900-1999

Genre/Form

• Group portraits – 1860-1869.
• Portrait photographs – 1840-1869.
• Photomechanical prints – 1930-1957.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1920-1959.
• Political cartoons – 1900-1999.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographers include A.M. Byers, L. Powers, Handy and others.
• Some photographs have captions.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Lincoln, Abraham

OCLC

NYPG085000980-F

Title

Abraham Lincoln portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1920?-1959?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

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Added Author

Powers, L. Photographer

Byers, A. M. Photographer

Shepherd, N. B. Photographer

Handy. Photographer

New-York Historical Society.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Lincoln, Abraham