Lincoln Inauguration
Alexander Gardner
March 4 ,1865
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (18.4 × 23.5 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.1215
Tags
Abraham LincolnCeremonyCrowd
About the Artist
Alexander Gardner
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...