Lincoln's Second Inauguration

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.

Lincoln's Second Inauguration

Gardner, Alexander

March 4, 1865

Accession Number

2025.44.20

Medium

albumen print

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.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Funds from Ronald M. Costell, M.D. and the Estate of Marsha E. Swiss