Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Gardner|Rice|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
Tags
Abraham LincolnPortraitsMen
About the Artist
Alexander Gardner|Rice|Abraham Lincoln
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...