[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated]

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1 photographic print : gelatin silver. | Photo shows Abraham Lincoln with a badly swollen hand after shaking hands with thousands of people during his journey to Washington, DC. During most of the sitting he kept his right hand closed or out of view. Probably taken on Sunday, Feb. 24, 1861 by Alexander Gardner at Brady's Gallery on Pennsylvania Ave.(Source: Ostendorf, p. 80)

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This gelatin silver print from 1885 reproduces an 1861 photograph of Abraham Lincoln seated. According to the caption, the image was probably taken on Sunday, February 24, 1861, by Alexander Gardner at Brady's Gallery on Pennsylvania Avenue.

The photograph shows Lincoln with a badly swollen hand, attributed to shaking hands with thousands of people during his journey to Washington. During the sitting, he reportedly kept his right hand closed or out of view.

The print is held by the Library of Congress. No further information about the circumstances of either the original photograph or this later print is available in the archive record.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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