This is a reproduction based on a portrait photograph of Lincoln taken by the noted photographer Alexander Gardner. Mat bears the name of Charles B. Hall and the inscription: "1.50. Photo by Gardner, Wash., Nov. 8, 1863."
Prints in the Lincoln collection are classified by Meserve numbers, and include most of the known photographic images of Lincoln, along with engravings and popular prints by, among other firms, Currier & Ives and Kurz & Allen. There are also …