Description
Uncommon original 3.75″ x 5.25″
from an original wet plate negative by Alexander Gardner
November 1864
Cabinet portrait of President Abraham Lincoln reproduced by Moses P. Rice from an original wet plate negative by Alexander Gardner, an acclaimed Civil War photographer and one-time protege of Mathew Brady. Taken by Gardner in mid-November 1864, the bust-length portrait depicts the sitting president in spectacular detail, with lower right corner bearing Rice’s 1891 copyright mark. The photo is affixed to a slightly larger cardstock mount. In fine condition. Moses P. Rice copyrighted the original Gardner negative of Lincoln, known as the ‘Gettysburg’ portrait, on October 29, 1891.
