Abraham Lincoln
1863, printed 1901
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 45.7 x 38.1 cm (18 x 15 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Warner Communications Inc. Purchase Fund, 1976
Accession Number
1976.627.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Alexander Gardner|Rice|Abraham Lincoln · 1840–1882
Alexander Gardner was born on 17 October 1821 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and came of age in a culture shaped by radical social thought. Influenced by the cooperative ideals of Robert Owen, Gardner initially apprenticed as a jeweler and harbored dreams of founding a utopian community in America. His encounter with photography changed the course of his life. After seeing Mathew Brady's cele...