Lincoln's Second Inauguration
March 4, 1865
Artist, American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882
Alexander Gardner
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
Gift of Funds from Ronald M. Costell, M.D. and the Estate of Marsha E. Swiss
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 16.7 × 22.7 cm (6 9/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
mount: 26.8 × 34.8 cm (10 9/16 × 13 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2025.44.20
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Alexander Gardner; John C. Nicolay, Washington, DC, 1865; Helen Nicolay, Washington, DC; Barbara Benoit, Helen Nicolay's godchild; Estate of Lloyd Ostendorf; (sale, Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, 23 November 2004); Ron Perisho, Gettysburg, PA; NGA purchase, 2025.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by unknown hand, lower left on mount in graphite perpendicular: 38; bottom left: JOHN G. NICOLAY'S ORIGINAL 1865 from GARDNER GALLERY.; bottom right: ORIGINAL 0-108.; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 0-108; upper center in black ink: Lincoln's Second Inauguration; center right in graphite: $4000.00 / 1988 / LO; bottom left: LP 46; bottom center: was JOHN G. NICOLAY'S from his heirs