Today is the 150 th anniversary of the accidental creation of one of the most iconic portraits in American history: Alexander Gardner’s “cracked-plate” image of Abraham Lincoln, which was made at a sitting at Gardner’s Washington 7 th Street, NW, studio on Feb. 5, 1865.

President Abraham Lincoln made himself readily available to many photographers of the era, leaving a large and varied photo legacy. This unusual full-length portrait of Lincoln was taken by Alexander Gardner in his Washington, D.C., studio on Sunday, November 8, 1863.

Jan 28, 2021 · At the end of the Civil War, Gardner took one of the last photographs of President Abraham Lincoln before his assassination. He would also go on to photograph the execution of the Lincoln Assassination conspirators.

Mar 8, 2014 · English: This famous image of Lincoln was photographed by Alexander Gardner on November 8, 1863, just weeks before he would deliver the Gettysburg Address. It is sometimes referred to as the "Gettysburg portrait," although it was actually taken in Washington.

This photograph by Alexander Gardner is one of the most haunting portraits of any president. Created on February 5, 1865, it was the last formal portrait of Lincoln to be taken before his assassination in April 1865.

Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. 1 photographic print : albumen, on carte de visite mount ; 10 x 6 cm. | Photograph showing portrait of Lincoln taken February 5, 1865. Contributor: Gardner, Alexander

A photograph made by Alexander Gardner in Washington November 15, 1863. (From the Photographic Portraits of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln Memorial University; The Meserve Collection, 1941.) Medium

Two weeks after he recorded the carnage at Antietam, Alexander Gardner returned to the battlefield to photograph the visit of President Abraham Lincoln. The president made the seventy-mile journey to Maryland to pay his respects to the wounded on …

The “cracked-plate” image of Abraham Lincoln, taken by Alexander Gardner on February 5, 1865, is one of the most important and evocative photographs in American history. In preparing for...

[Full-length portrait of President Abraham Lincoln seated next to small table, February 24, 1861] Summary Photo shows what John Nicolay called "'That serious far-away look.' Multiple-lens photograph by Alexander Gardner, Brady's Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., probably Sunday, February 24, 1861." (Source: Ostendorf, p.