[Brady photograph of Abraham Lincoln.]

About this photograph

This photograph of Abraham Lincoln was taken by Matthew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. The image is held by the Library of Congress.

No further information about the circumstances of this sitting has been recorded. The archive does not note where the photograph was taken or what prompted Lincoln to sit for Brady on this particular date during the Civil War's fourth year.

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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