[Man]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Man]
ca. 1860
Pannotype
Overall: 3 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (8.1 × 7 cm)
1969.0215.0004
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on recto, BRC: 768 \ (over)
Inscribed in pen on applied paper on verso: Collodion Wet- \ Plate photo similar \ to an ambrotype, \ however this was a \ photo on leather.
Entry 768 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Large early photograph of a family group painting of the Lincoln’s and two of their 4 sons, by Francis B. Carpenter, who used photo of Lincoln & “Tad” taken by Brady, Feb. 9, 1864, as a model. Figures of Mrs. Lincoln & Robert painted from life. Carpenter lived in White House 6 months while doing this painting. I have book by Carpenter telling about these months, “Six Months at the White House”
Entry 768 in Mackay's collection inventory notebook (located in library): Wet plate 1/6 size on leather, of a bald man smoking a pipe. Unusual.
Inscribed in pen on applied paper on verso: Collodion Wet- \ Plate photo similar \ to an ambrotype, \ however this was a \ photo on leather.
Entry 768 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Large early photograph of a family group painting of the Lincoln’s and two of their 4 sons, by Francis B. Carpenter, who used photo of Lincoln & “Tad” taken by Brady, Feb. 9, 1864, as a model. Figures of Mrs. Lincoln & Robert painted from life. Carpenter lived in White House 6 months while doing this painting. I have book by Carpenter telling about these months, “Six Months at the White House”
Entry 768 in Mackay's collection inventory notebook (located in library): Wet plate 1/6 size on leather, of a bald man smoking a pipe. Unusual.
