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Carte De Visite Collection, ca.1860- ca.1890

 Sub-Series
Identifier: 95.001, 91.0011, 95.003, 80.1149.2

Abstract

The cartes de visite and cabinet cards collection is an assembled collection, originating from various 19th century photographic studios such as those of Matthew Brady and the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. Dr. Lloyd Ostendorf, the internationally known "Lincoln Artist," of Dayton, Ohio, known around the world as the foremost authority on Lincoln images, generously identified the majority of the subjects in the photographs, through... his assistance to the museum staff. His 1998 publication, "Lincoln's Photographs: A Complete Album", is the most complete and authoritative photographic source and reference available, based upon a lifetime of collecting, studying and assembling the photographs of Abraham Lincoln.

The cartes de visite and cabinet size cards chiefly portray well-known and famous people such as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, 19th century American and European statesmen, military officers of the Civil War, and also portraits of the not-sofamous. The carte de visites generally measure 4 1/4" x 2 1/2"; the larger cabinet size cards measure approximately 5 x 7 inches.

In addition, the collections of stereographs reproduced many of the same images, scenes illustrating historical people, places, and events. The stereographs, measuring approximately 4 1/2" x 7", used prints by various processes, some of which were hand tinted. Stereo graphs were formed of two images placed side by side, and when properly viewed through a stereoscope, give a sense of3-D viewing.

From a cultural perspective, the personal photograph collections in the Civil War era were part of a family's parlor: the collections of cased photographs and albums containing tintypes, cartes de visite and cabinet cards, along with stereographs to view in the hand stereoscope, depicted family members, Civil War views, military leaders, famous statesmen, and leading artists of the 19th century social and cultural scene.

Several of the photographs have autograph signatures on them, including those for the portraits of: Philip H. Sheridan; Robert Anderson; W. Butler Beck; F. B. Carpenter (signed to W. H. Herndon); George B. Crittenden, and other notables. Some of the carte de visites are portraits of 19th engravings and lithographs--most are photographs that have been projected onto the extremely thin paper, mounted onto a heavy paper backing.

The provenance is unknown, except where the origin is definitely known or the donor can be identified, such as when it is noted on the verso of a carte de visite or photograph. These include photographs and carte de visites donated by Frederick Hill Meserve, during his association with Lincoln Memorial University's Department of Lincolniana, then headed by R. Gerald McMurtry. Dr. Meserve was America's first great photograph collector, and he was the discoverer and owner of about 10,000 glass-plate negatives of portraits from Lincoln's era. His collection grew as he added thousands of photographs to the collection. Two carte de visites of Mrs. Joshua Fry Speed (nee Fanny Henning), were donated by Philip Speed Tuley.

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Dates

  • ca.1860- ca.1890

Extent

From the Collection: 7 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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Content Index

Index CARTE-DE-VISITE COLLECTION ca. 1860-ca. 1890

95-001.

.1 Abbott, John S. C.

.la Actress, unidentified

.lb Actress, unidentified

.le Actress, unidentified

.2 Adams, John

.3 Agassiz, Prof.

.4 Albers, Auneluie

.4a Allen, Johnny

4b Alexandria, Princess, and child

.5 Ammen, Jacob

.6 Anderson. E. W.

.6a Anderson, Mary

.6b Anderson, Mary

.7 Anderson, N. L.

.8 Anderson, Robert (signed)

.9 Anderson, Robert

.10 Anderson, Robert

.11 Andrews, Colonel

.12 Anthony, H. B.

.12a Arthur, Prince

.13 Askew, F.

.14 Augur, Gen. C. C.

.15 Bache, Prof.

.16 Badeau, Adam

.17 Bailey, J.M.

.18 Baird, Absalom

.18a Baker, Mrs. A. F.

.19 Bancroft, George

.19a Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss

.20 Barnett, J.

.21 Bartsam, Isaac (signed)

.2la Battle flag

.22 Beauregard, P. G. T. (signed)

.23 Beauregard, P. G. T.

.24 Beauregard, P. G. T.

.25 Beauregard, P. G. T.

.26 Beck, W. Butler (signed)

.27 Beecher, Henry Ward

.28 Beecher, Henry Ward

.29 Beecher, Herny Ward (Jury of the Tildon & Beecher Trial)

.30 Belknap, William W .

.30a Bellini, Joannes

.31 Bellows, Henry Whitney

.32 Benteen, Frederick William

.33 Bingham, J. A .

. 34 Birney, David B.

.35 Birney, David B .

.36 Birney, David B .

.37 Blair, Frank

.38 Blair, Montgomery

.39 Blair, Montgomery

.40 Blair, Montgomery

.41 Blakeslee, Erastus (signed)

.42 Bogardus, S. H., Jr .

.42a Bonaparte, Napoleon

.43 Bond,J.R .

.44 Booth, John Wilkes

.44a Booth, John Wilkes

.45 Booth, John Wilkes

.46 Booth, John Wilkes

.46a Booth and Satan

.47 Booth and his associates

.48 Booth, John Wilkes

.49 Botts, J.M.

. 50 Boutwell, George

.51 Rowan, Stephen

.52 Boynton, Hugh

.53 Brailey, M. R.

.53a Bright, John

.54 Brock, Reverend

. 55 Brooks, W. T. H .

.56 Brown,John

.57 Brown, John (Meserve Collection)

.58 Brown, John (Meserve Collection)

.59 Brown,L. G .

.60 Brownlow, William Gannaway

. 61 Brumback. J .

.62 Bryant, William Cullen

.63 Buchanan, James

.64 Unknown

.65 Ole Bull

. 66 Burnside, Ambrose E .

.67 Burnside, Ambrose

.68 Burnside, Ambrose

.69 Burnside, Ambrose

.70 Burnside, Ambrose

.71 Butler, Benjamin F

. 72 Butler, Benjamin F .

. 72a Butler, Benjamin F. and others

.73 Butterfield, Daniel

.74 John

. 74aa California, Joe

.74a Campe

.75 Capitol building

.75a Cardwell, Edward

. 76 Carlin, General

.77 Carpenter, F. B. (signed to W. H. Herndon)

.78 Carrol, Samuel Sprigg

.79 Cass, Lewis

.80 Caswell, Alexis (6th President of Brown University)

.80a Chatres, Due de (Capt. robert de Orleans)

.81 Cheever, George B .

. 82 Churchill, M .

. 83 Clay, Cassius Marcellus (Meserve Collection)

.83a Clay, Mrs. Clement Comer

.84 Clay, Henry

.85 Clemens, Samuel L. (Mark Twain; Meserve Collection)

.86 Clemens, Samuel L. (Mark Twain; Meserve Collection)

.87 Clemens, Samuel L. (Mark Twain; Meserve Collection)

.88 Clemens, Samuel L. (Mark Twain)

.89 Clemens, Samuel L. (Mark Twain)

.90 Clifford, John H. (signed)

.91 Cody, William F .

. 92 Colfax, Schuyler

.93 Colfax, Schuyler

.94 Commager, H. S .

. 95 Commanders of the Potomac Army

.95a Commanders of the Potomac Army

.96 Conspiracy Trial

. 97 Corbett, Boston

.98 Cook, Eliza

.99 Cooper, James Fennimore

.100 Corbin, William G. (signed)

.1 00a Cowper, William

.101 Cox, Jacob D .

. 102 Cox, S.S .

. 103 Crittenden, George B. (signed)

.104 Crittenden, John Jordan

.105 Crittenden, John Jordan

. 106 Crittenden, John Jordan (Meserve Collection)

. 107 Crittenden, Mrs. John Jordan

.108 Crook, George

.109 Curtis, George William

. 110 Curtis, Samuel Ryan

. 111 Cushing, Caleb

. 111a Custer, George Armstrong

.112 Darr, F .

.113 Davis, David (Judge)

.114 Davis, Jefferson

.115 Davis, Jefferson

.116 Davis, Jefferson (Meserve Collection)

.117 Davis, Jefferson

. 118 Davis, Jefferson

.119 Davis, Jefferson (in lady's dress #1)

.120 Davis, Jefferson (in lady's dress #2)

.121 Davis, Mrs. Jeff[erson]

.122 Dawson, Andrew Rea Zina

.123 Dayton, William L. (signed)

.124 Deitzler, George Washington

.125 Delano, Columbus

.125a DeLessep

.125b Devrient, L.

.126 Doan, Azariah Wall

.127 Doane, George Washington

.128 Doubleday, Abner

.129 Douglas, Stephen A. (signed?)

. 130 Douglas, Stephen A .

. 131 Douglas, Stephen A .

. 132 Douglas, Stephen A. (Meserve Collection)

.133 Douglas, Mrs. Stephen A. (portrait #1)

.134 Douglas, Mrs. Stephen A. (portrait #2)

.135 Douglas, Mrs. Stephen A. (portrait #3)

.136 Douglas, Mrs. Stephen A. (portrait #4)

.137 Douglas, Mrs. Stephen A. (#5)

.138 DuPont, Samuel Francis

.139 Duryee, Abram (signed)

.140 Dyott, John ( signed?)

.141 Eastman

.142 Eckert, Thomas Thompson

.142a Eckhor, C .

. 143 Eggleston, Beroth B .

. 143a Eliot, George

.144 Elkins, Stephens B .

. 145 Ellis, William P. (signed)

.146 Ellsworth, Ephraim Elmer

.147 Ellsworth, Ephraim Elmer

.148 "Emancipation"

.148a Emma, Queen

.149 Emory, William Henry

.150 Emory, William Henry

.150a Eugenia, Empress

.151 Evarts, William Maxwell

.152 Everett, Edward (portrait #1)

.153 Everett, Edward (portrait #2)

.154 Everett, Edward (portrait #3)

.155 Ewell, Richard Stoddert

.156 Farnsworth, Addison

.157 Farnum, John Egbert

.158 Farragut, David Glasgow (portrait #1)

.159 Farragut, David Glasgow (portrait #2)

.160 Faulkner, Charles James

.160a Fechter, Charles Albert

.161 Ferry, Orris Seaford

.162 Fessenden, Francis

.163 Field, Cyrus W. (portrait #1)

.164 Field, Cyrus W. (portrait #2)

.165 Finley, Clement Alexander

.166 Fish, Hamilton

.167 Fisk, James, Jr.

.168 Foote, Andrew Hull

.169 Force, Manning Ferguson

.170 Forney, John Wein (signed?)

.171 Foster, Charles

.172 Foster, Senator

.173 Foster, Vice-President

.174 Francis, John Wakefield

.175 Franklin, Benjamin

.176 Franklin, William Buel

.177 Fremont, John Charles (signed)

.178 Fremont, John Charles

.179 Fuller, John Wallace

.179a Gallilei, G .

.180 Garfield, James A .

.181 Garfield, James A .

.182 Garfield, Mrs. James A .

.182a Garibaldi

.182b Garibaldi

.183 Garnett, Richard Brooke

.184 Garrison, William Lloyd

.185 Gassier, Sigmon

.186 Gaston, William

.187 Geary, John white

.188 Getty, George Washington

.189 Gilbert, Charles Champion

.190 Gillmore, Quincy Adams

.191 Gillmore, Quincy Adams

.192 ?

.193 Girard, Stephen

. 194 Godman, J. H .

.194a Goethe

. 195 Gottschalk, L. M .

.195a Granger, Maud

.196 Grant, Nellie

.197-207b Grant, Ulysses Simpson

.208 "Grant in Peace"

.209 "Gen. Grant and wife"

.210 Grant for president, w. Wilson

. 211 Graves, Thomas G .

.212 Greeley, Horace

.213 Greeley, Horace

.214 Green, G. Jarvis

.215 Gunnell, F. M. (signed)

.216 Habelman, Theodore

.217 Hale, Edward Everett

. 218 Hale, John P .

. 219-.222 Halleck, Henry W .

.223 Hamblin, Joseph Eldridge

.224 Hancock, Winfield Scott (signed)

.225 Hancock, Winfield Scott

.226 Hancock, Winfield Scott

.227 Hanks, B. M. (note on verso)

.228 Harlan, James (Meserve)

.229 Hartsuff, George Lucas

.230 Hawthorne, Nathaniel

.231 Hayes, Edwin L.

.232 Heintzelman, Samuel Peter

.233 Helm, Ben Hardin (Meserve collection)

.234 Hennessy, John A.

.234a Herrman, Dorothea and ?

.235 Hickenlooper, Andrew (signed)

. 236 Higginson, T. W .

.237 Holbrook, Mellen Taft

.238 Holt, Joseph

.239 Hooker, Joseph

.240 Hooker, Joseph

.241 Hooker, Joseph

.241a Howard, Jack (signed)

.242 Howard, Oliver Otis

.242b Howard, Oliver Otis

.243 Hunt, Lewis Cass

.244 Hunter, David

.245 Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaterro

.246 Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaterro

.247 Hurd, John Ricker

.248 Ingersoll, Ralph I.

.249 Jackson, Charles A. ( signed)

.250-.252 Jackson, Thomas J. ("Stonewall")

.253 Jameson, John Franklin

.254-.258a Johnson, Andrew

.258b Johnson, Joe (subject: surrender to Sherman)

.259 Johnson, Reverdy

.260 Johnston, Ephiarin

.261 Jones, John Sills

.261a Jonville, Prince

.262 Justus, J. (signed)

.263 Kearney, Philip

.263a Keene, Laura

.263b Kellogg, Clara Louise

.264 Keyes, Erasmus Darwin

.265 Kidder, C. W. (signed)

.266-.267 Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson

.268 Kimberly, Robert Lewis

.269 Kingsley

.270 Kinman, Seth

.271 Kinman's "Elk Hom Chair" (view #1)

.271a Kinman's "Elk Hom Chair" (view #2)

.272 Kittoe, Edward ( signed)

. 273 Lander, Frederick W .

. 273a Lander, Frederick W .

.274 Lane, James

.275 Lane, Joseph

.276 Langdom, Elisha Bassett

.277-.279a Lee, Robert Edward

.280 Leet, George K.

.281 Leman, C. J. (signed)

.282 Letcher, John

.295 Livingstone, David

.296 Lockwood, Ingersoll

.297 Logan, Benjamin

.298 Logan, John

.299 Long, Eli

.300 Lowell, James Russell ( signed?)

.300a Luther, Martin

.301 Lyon, Nathaniel

.302 Martin, Tupper

.303 Massey

.304 Maynard,Horace

.305 McCall, George Archibald

.306-.313 McClellan, George B.

.314 McCloskey, Cardinal

.315 McCullough, Ben

.316 McDougall, Charles

.317 McDowell, Irwin

.318 McGowan, John Encill

.319 McIlvaine, Charles Pettit (Meserve collection)

.320 McKibben, General

.321 McMillan, William Linn

.322 McPherson, James Birdsey

.322aa Matthisson

.322a Maximilien, Ferdinand

.323-326 Meade, George Gordan

.327 Meagher, Thomas Francis

.328 Meigs, Montgomery

.328b "Memento of the Gloomiest Period of our Country's History"

.329 Meredith, Sullivan

.330 Miholotzy, Geza

.330a Milan, Cathedral at

.330b Mirabeau

.331 Mitchell, Cyril

.332 Mitchell, William

.333 Moore, Frederick William

.334 Morgan, George Washington

.335 Morgan, John Hunt

.336-.337 Morris, George P .

.338 Morse, Samuel F. B.

.338a Napoleon, Louis ("Record of Napoleon's Sins")

.339 "Naval Heroes"

.340 Neal, Beau

.340a Nelson, Admiral

.341 New, John Chalfant

.342-.343 Old Abe (eagle)

.344 Old Capitol Prison

.345 Oliver, John Morrison

.345a Onieta

.346 Ord, Edward Otho Cresan

.346a Paine, Thomas

.347 Palmer, John McAuley

.348 Papant, Augustus L.

.348a Paris, Counte de

.349 Parker, Theodore

.350 Parsons, James

.351 Partin, James

.352 Payne, Lewis Thornton

.353 Peabody, George

.353a Peace

.354 Phillips, Wendell (view #1)

.355 Phillips, Wendell (view #2)

.356 Polk, Leonidas

.357 Pope, John

.357a Potomac: "All Quiet on the Potomac" (view #1)

.357b Potomac: "All Quiet on the Potomac" (view #2)

.358 Powers, L.

.359 Ramsey, David

.360 Ratcliff, Robert Wilson

.361 Raymond, Captain

.362 Raymond, R. W. (signed)

.363 Raynolds, William Franklin

.363b Rebecca: "A Slave Girl from New Orleans"

.363c Red Cloud (Native American Indian)

.364 Reynolds, Belle

.365 Reynolds, John Fulton

.366 Richardson, Israel Bush

.377 Ricketts, James Brewerton

.378 Risdon, Orlando Charles

. 379 Robeson, George M .

.379a Rogers' Groups (Picket Guard)

.379b Rogers' Groups (Union Refugee)

.380 Rosecrans, William Starke (view #1)

.381 Rosecrans, William Starke (view #2)

.382 Rosecrans, William Starke (view #3)

.383 Rossiter, Thomas Prichard

.384 Rush, Benjamin

.384a Saint Apostles, Church of

. 385 Sarony, N .

. 386 Savage, J. W .

.387 Saxton, Mirand W .

. 388 Schenck, Robert C .

.389 Schurz, Carl (view #1)

.390 Schurz, Carl (view #2)

.391 Schurz, Carl (view #3)

.39la-d Scott, Winfield (view #1)

.392 Sedgwick, General John

.393 Sellers, A. J .

.394 Semmes, Raphael (Capt. Semmes, of the "Alabama")

.394aa Shakespeare, William

.394a Shaw, Robert G .

.394b Sheridan, Philip H. (signed)

.394c-.394n Sheridan, Philip H. (various)

.395 Sherman, Roger

.396-.397 Sherman, William T. (view #1)

.398 Sherman, William T. (view #2)

.399 Sherman, William T. (view #3)

.400 Sherman, William T. (same as view #2)

.401 Sherman, William T. (same as view #1) .402 Sherman, William T .

.403 Sherman, William T .

.404 Sherman, William T .

.405 Sherman, William T. (view #4)

.406 Sherman, William T. (view #4)

.406aa Sherman, William T. (view #5)

.406a Sherwood, Isaac Ruth

.406bb Sherman, William T.

.406b Shurtleff, Giles Waldo

.406c Sigel, Franz ("We Fights Mit Sigel")

.406d Sigel, Franz

.406e Sister of Charity

.407 Slocum, Henry Warner

.408 Slocum, Capt. (William?)

.409 Smith

.410 Smithsonian Institute

.411 Soldier's Home

.412 Sonabaugh, J. R. (signed)

.413 Spang, James S .

.414 Spang, Othmil (view #1)

.415 Spang, Othmil (view #2)

.416 Spang, Othmil (view #3)

.417 Speed, Joshua Fry

.418 Speed, Mrs. Joshua Fry (view #1, elderly)

.419 Speed , Mrs. Joshua Fry (view #2, young: Fanny Henning)

.420 Spiegh, W. W .

.420a Spurious Mrs. Lincoln (not the wife of Abraham Lincoln)

.421 Stager, Angon

.422 Stanley, David Sloan

.423 Stanton, Edwin McMasters

.424 Stanton, Edwin McMasters

.425 Stephens, Alexander Hamilton

.426 Stewart, C. H .

.427 Stratton, Alfred A. (Co. G, 147th N. Y. V.)

.428 Stuart, J. E. B.

.429 Sullivan, Peter John

.430 Sumner, Charles (view #1)

.431 Sumner, Charles (view #2)

.432 Sumner, Charles (view #3)

.433 Sumner, Edwin Vose

.434 Taylor, D. (signed)

.434a Tennyson, Alfred Lord (view #1)

.434b Tennyson, Alfred Lord (view #2)

.435 Terry, Alfred Howe

.436 Thomas, George H. (view #1)

.437 Thomas, George H. (view #2)

.438 Thomas, George H. (view #3)

.439 Thomas, Lorenzo

.439a Thorwaldsen, B .

.440 Thoreau, Henry David

.441 Thumb, Tom and Family

.442 Tilden, Samuel J .

.443 Todd, Mary Ann



91.0011 Townsend, George Alfred

95-001.

.444 Tresize, Samuel Porter

.445 Treasury, Department of the

.446 Tribute to: Tempest, McKenzie, Sey Matheson, Mewburn

.447-.448 Tyner, James Noble

.449 United States Patent Office

.450 Vallandigham ( cartoon)

.451 Van Buren, Martin

.452-.453 Vanderbilt, Cornelius "Commodore"

.453a Van Dyck

.454 Vincent, Thomas McCurdy

.455 Vosberg, W .

.456 Wade, Melancthon Smith

.457 Ward, Durbin

.458-.459 Warren, Governor Kemble

.460-.461 Washington, George

.462-.463 Washington, Martha

.464-.465 Washington and Lincoln (Apotheosis) w/Angels

.466-.471 Washington and Lincoln (Apotheosis) w/o Angels

.472 Wagner

.473 Watts, Robert

.474 Wayne, Justice

.475 Webb, Colonel

.476 Webster, Daniel (view #1)

.477 Webster, Daniel (view #2)

.478 Weir, James A .

.479 Welch, Orrin

.479b Welles, Gideon

.480 Wells, William

.481 Wesh,H.R .

.482 Whacy, William

.483 White, Horace (Meserve Collection)

.483a White House

.484 Wigfall, Louis Trezevant

.485 Wildes, Thomas Francis

.486 Wilson, James Harrison

.490 Winsor, Justin

.490a Witherspoon, John

.491 Wood, Leonard

.491a Woodhall, Mrs

.492 Woods, Inson

.493 Wool, John Ellis

.494 Worden, John Lorimer (view #1)

.495 Worden, John Lorimer (view #2)

.496 Wright, Horatio Gouverneur

.497 Young, Thomas Lowry

.498 Zahm, Louis

.499 Zeigony, Charles ( signed)

.500 Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk



95-003 - Various

.001-.008 Generals, unidentified

.009-.068 Unidentified

.069-.079 Unidentified, European

.080 Disraeli (in caricature, "This One will Last, I Fancy")



80.1149.2 (continued) [with some miscellaneous portraits]

.1 The Martyrs: Lincoln and Garfield

.2 The Martyrs: Lincoln and Garfield

.3 "Lincoln Memorial, Dissected Leaves"

.4 The Martyrs: Lincoln and Garfield

.5 "Skeleton" memorial wreath

.6 Memorial wreath

.7 Sculpture, "The Council of War" by John Rogers

.8 Lincoln monument, Lincoln Park

. 9 War and Navy Departments, Washington, D. C .

.10 Portrait of Lincoln

.11 Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, Hodgenville, Kentucky

.12 Earliest known portrait of Abraham Lincoln

. 13 Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D. C .

.14 Abraham Lincoln

.15 Rare 3-D portrait of President Abraham Lincoln

.16 "Famous Lincoln Monument by Saint Gaudens"

.17 "Lincoln Memorial, Dissected Leaves"

. 18 Lincoln Statue of Emancipation, Washington, D. C .

.19 St. Gaudens statue of Abraham Lincoln

.20 Birthplace of Lincoln, Hodgenville, Kentucky

.21 "The Martyrs: Lincoln and Garfield"

.22 Washington, George

.23 Washington, Martha

.24 Reception room in U. S. Capitol

.25 "Love Tale"

.26 "Troubles of Single Life"

.27 Building

.28 East Room in the President's Mansion

.29 President McKinley addressing the people of Galesburg, Illinois

.30 State bedroom in the White House

.31 House of Representatives (view #1)

.32 House of Representative (view #2)

.33 Post Office Department

Repository Details

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