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Robert Barnwell Rhett, Jr. Photograph Sep 2022

Robert Barnwell Rhett, Jr. Photograph

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The carte de visite features a vignette portrait of Robert Barnwell Rhett, Jr., son of Robert Barnwell Rhett, Sr. His father owned the Charleston Mercury, which promoted a secessionist agenda. Rhett, Jr. served as one of the newspaper's editors starting in 1857 and was an early critic of Jefferson Davis.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Photograph Sep 2022

Oliver Wendell Holmes Photograph

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The carte de visite depicts a seated portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes, author, poet, and physician. One of his more popular works includes "The Last Leaf," which was greatly admired by President Abraham Lincoln. Includes a slip of documentary information.

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Ward Hill Lamon Photograph Sep 2022

Ward Hill Lamon Photograph

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The carte de visite features a black and white image of a a seated Ward Hill Lamon, friend and bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln.

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Grace Greenwood Photograph Sep 2022

Grace Greenwood Photograph

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The carte de visite features a black and white image of Grace Greenwood, the pseudonym for Sara Jane Lippincott. Greenwood was a writer and social rights activist and was referred to as Grace Greenwood the Patriot by Abraham Lincoln.

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J. Wilkes Booth Photograph Sep 2022

J. Wilkes Booth Photograph

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The carte de visite depicts a seated portrait of John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln. Booth is shown with his proper right elbow resting on a chair with his proper right hand at his chin.

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The Assassin's Vision, Francis Hecker Sep 2022

The Assassin's Vision, Francis Hecker

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The carte de visite depicts an image of John Wilkes Booth fleeing Washington, D.C. shortly after assassinating Abraham Lincoln. Booth is shown fleeing on horseback as ghost-like images of Lincoln appear in the surrounding foliage. In the background, the United States Capitol building can be seen. The albumen print is mounted on a card with a gold-gilt border and trimmed edges.

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Gardner's Sylvan Background Portrait Of Abraham And Tad Lincoln, Alexand Er Gardner Sep 2022

Gardner's Sylvan Background Portrait Of Abraham And Tad Lincoln, Alexand Er Gardner

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The carte de visite features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and Tad Lincoln taken by Alexander Garner on 10 April 1865 in what would be Lincoln's final photo session before his assassination. The sylvan background seen in this manifestation was added later by Gardner for artistic effect. [Ref: O-114.] The photograph features Abraham Lincoln seated at a table with his proper left elbow resting on the tabletop and a book in his proper left hand. Tad leans on the opposite side of the table with his proper forearm resting on the tabletop.

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Composite Photograph Of Abraham Lincoln And Family Sep 2022

Composite Photograph Of Abraham Lincoln And Family

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The carte de visite features a composite image of Abraham Lincoln and his family, rumored to be based on an 1866 painting by Carpenter. [Ref: O-93.] In the portrait, Lincoln is seated holding a book while Tad looks at the text. This pose is exactly like the one used in the portrait captured by Anthony Berger on 9 February 1864. Mary Todd Lincoln sits to Lincoln's proper right while Robert stands in the background.

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Brady's Candid Photograph Of Seated Abraham Lincoln, Edward Anthony, Mathew Brady Sep 2022

Brady's Candid Photograph Of Seated Abraham Lincoln, Edward Anthony, Mathew Brady

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The carte de visite features one of the more candid shots of Abraham Lincoln, taken by Matthew Brady probably in 1862. During session with Brady, Lincoln fell into this reflective pose and was asked to hold it for a photograph. [Ref: O-60A.] The image shows Lincoln seated in a chair with his proper left elbow resting on the arm of the chair and his hand raised to his face. His proper right hand rests on his proper right leg.

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Wenderoth & Taylor White House Photograph Of Abraham Lincoln, Wenderoth And Taylor Sep 2022

Wenderoth & Taylor White House Photograph Of Abraham Lincoln, Wenderoth And Taylor

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The carte de visite features a photograph taken by Wenderoth & Taylor in 1864. On 20 April 1865, Wenderoth, Taylor, and Brown published an advertisement in the Philadelphia Inquirer for the sell of card photographs featuring this image. [Ref: O-95.] The photograph features a seated Abraham Lincoln from the waist up. It is cut into an oval shape and affixed to a paper card.

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Berger's "Satisfactory Likeness" Abraham Lincoln Photograph, Anthony Berger Sep 2022

Berger's "Satisfactory Likeness" Abraham Lincoln Photograph, Anthony Berger

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The carte de visite features a reproduction of Anthony Berger's 9 February 1864 photograph of Abraham Lincoln. Robert T. Lincoln once wrote that he believed this was the most satisfactory likeness of his father. [Ref: O-92.] The image shows Lincoln from the waist up in a seated position.

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Double-Sided Cdv Featuring Portraits Of Nathaniel P. Banks And Robert Anderson Sep 2022

Double-Sided Cdv Featuring Portraits Of Nathaniel P. Banks And Robert Anderson

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A double-sided CDV featuring portraits of Nathaniel P. Banks and Robert Anderson. Both photographs are enclosed in an embossed mount. Recto: Black and white portrait photograph of Nathaniel P. Banks, an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. Verso: Black and white portrait photograph of Robert Anderson, a United States Army officer during the American Civil War.

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Brady's Cooper Union Photograph Of Abraham Lincoln, Edward Anthony, Mathew Brady Sep 2022

Brady's Cooper Union Photograph Of Abraham Lincoln, Edward Anthony, Mathew Brady

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The carte de visite features arguably one of the most famous beardless photographs of Abraham Lincoln. It was taken by Matthew Brady on the morning of February 27, 1860 shortly before Lincoln delivered his Cooper Union Address. It is rumored that the speech and photograph combined won Lincoln the 1860 Presidential Election. [Ref: O-17.] The photograph shows Lincoln from the waist up standing with his proper left hand resting on a small stack of books.

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Portrait Of Charles Francis Adams, Warren's Portraits Sep 2022

Portrait Of Charles Francis Adams, Warren's Portraits

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Black and white portrait photograph of Charles Francis Adams, United States Minister to the United Kingdom under Abraham Lincoln.

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The Last Of The Chevaliers, L. Prang And Co. Sep 2022

The Last Of The Chevaliers, L. Prang And Co.

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The lithograph carte de visite depicts Jefferson Davis in woman's clothing holding a knife. A anonymous hand holds a gun, which is pointed at Davis. The image is printed on a white paper card with black ink.

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Seated Portrait Of Mary Todd Lincoln, Mathew Brady Sep 2022

Seated Portrait Of Mary Todd Lincoln, Mathew Brady

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The cdv features a seated portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln. Her proper right hand rests on a side table. She wears a floral embroidered gown. [Ref: ML, O-8.]

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Portrait Of Mary Todd Lincoln In Mourning Attire, John Carbutt, E. And H. T. Anthony Sep 2022

Portrait Of Mary Todd Lincoln In Mourning Attire, John Carbutt, E. And H. T. Anthony

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Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln wearing the mourning attire she wore for months after the death of her son, Willie Lincoln. The object features a two cent Washington stamp on its reverse. [Ref: ML, O-23.]

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Satisfactory Likeness Of Abraham Lincoln, Anthony Berger Sep 2022

Satisfactory Likeness Of Abraham Lincoln, Anthony Berger

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Photograph of engraving or lithograph of a bust-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The image is a variant of a photograph taken by Anthony Berger. Robert T. Lincoln claimed that this image was the most satisfactory likeness of his father. [Ref: O-92.]

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Vignette Portrait Of Mary Todd Lincoln, Joseph Ward, William H. Mumler Sep 2022

Vignette Portrait Of Mary Todd Lincoln, Joseph Ward, William H. Mumler

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Reproduction of an engraving or lithograph featuring a vignette bust portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln. [Ref: ML, O-7.]

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Bust Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln, Anthony Berger Sep 2022

Bust Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln, Anthony Berger

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Bust portrait of A. Lincoln, photo of an engraving or lithograph. [Variant of O-91, original photograph by Anthony Berger.]

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President Lincoln's First Home In Illinois., J. L. Campbell Sep 2022

President Lincoln's First Home In Illinois., J. L. Campbell

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Photographic reproduction of a print: ""President Lincoln's first Home in Illinois."" Depicts cabin, John Hanks, and Dennis F. Hanks.

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Seated Portrait Of Mary Todd Lincoln, Edward Anthony, Mathew Brady Sep 2022

Seated Portrait Of Mary Todd Lincoln, Edward Anthony, Mathew Brady

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Seated portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln. In the portrait, Lincoln wears a floral goan and holds a floral bouquet in her proper right hand. [Ref: ML, O-19.]

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Portrait Of John Hanks Sep 2022

Portrait Of John Hanks

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Portrait of John Hanks, cousin of A. Lincoln. [Ref: Ostendorf, page 316.]

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A Copperhead, John H. Kromer Sep 2022

A Copperhead, John H. Kromer

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The Civil War-era carte de visite features a caricature depicting William B. Reed as a Copperhead. Reed, a politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania, held pro-Confederacy views which were in conflict with many of his political peers. In the cartoon, Reed's head has been mounted to the body of a snake.

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The Empty Sleeve, A. F. Burnham Sep 2022

The Empty Sleeve, A. F. Burnham

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The CDV features a photographic reproduction of a print entitled "The Empty Sleeve." In the print, an unidentified, one-armed soldier holds a small child in his lap. The child holds the man's empty right sleeve in his hands.

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Preparation Of Jeff's Flight., Boston Photo Co. Sep 2022

Preparation Of Jeff's Flight., Boston Photo Co.

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The carte de visite features a photo of a cartoon depicting two soldiers and a woman dressing Jefferson Davis in women's clothing inside of a tent.

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A Johnson Kicking Out The Freedman Bureau, Thomas Nast Sep 2022

A Johnson Kicking Out The Freedman Bureau, Thomas Nast

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The Civil War-era carte de visite features a caricature portrait of Andrew Johnson, who vetoed the Freedman's Bureau bill on 18 February 1866, kicking a literal bureau as dark figures fall from the drawers. The cardboard mount appears to be 20th century product.

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South Carolina Choaker, Or The Very Last Ditch., W. T. Foster Sep 2022

South Carolina Choaker, Or The Very Last Ditch., W. T. Foster

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The carte de visite features a photo of a cartoon depicting Jefferson Davis in a dress, hanging from a palmetto tree.

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H. Greeley, Thomas Nast Sep 2022

H. Greeley, Thomas Nast

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The Civil War-era carte de visite features a caricature portrait of Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune. In the cartoon, Greeley is pictured holding the hand of a newspaper. The newspaper has been drawn with a face and appendages and appears to be in blackface. Broken chains are pictured below the newspaper's hands. Its cardboard mount appears to be 20th century product.

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Sec Wells, Thomas Nast Sep 2022

Sec Wells, Thomas Nast

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The Civil War-era carte de visite features a caricature portrait of Gideon Welles, the United States Secretary of the Navy during the Lincoln administration. The cartoon depicts Welles as Father Neptune (his nickname). Welles stands in front of an ocean scene and holds a trident in his proper right hand. The CDV's cardboard mount appears to be 20th century product.

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