The Physical Lincoln: A65dx

From Lincolnwiki

Print: Library of Congress Has hardcopy: No as of 2007-04. Print: Mellon p189 Caption: (p188) Contemporary albumen print from one frame of the lost original multiple-image stereographic negative, made by Jeremiah Gurney Jr., on April 24, 1865, and destroyed shortly thereafter. Collection: Illinois State Historical Society Observations:

<= a65cf2   none => A65dx Photographer Gurney Location New York, NY Sitting 1865-04-24 Technique Photograph Meserve # 130 Ostendorf # 119 Ostendorf pg 235 Mellon pg 189 Kunhardt pg 375 Synonym none AL ML RL TL WL XL <= a65cf2 none =>    hamilton  Photograph by Jeremiah Gurney Jr., New York City, Monday, April 24, 1865.

 ostendorfA  (p235) credits Springfield State Historical Society.

Several photographs of Lincoln in death once existed. All but this one were destroyed by, or at the order of, Secretary of War Edward Stanton.  ostendorfA  (p374) claimed discovery of a second surviving post-mortem photograph, and classified it as Ostendorf #130, but  burk  (p268) summarizes the research that proves otherwise.