CIVIL WAR LINCOLN'S SEC. Of STATE WILLIAM H. SEWARD BRADY 1862 PHOTO CDV

CIVIL WAR LINCOLN'S SEC of STATE WILLIAM H. SEWARD 1862 BRADY PHOTO CDV. PERIOD ID'd ON THE REVERSE DELUXE RED BORDERED MOUNT.

Titor + later supporter of Lincoln. By Payne when Lincoln assainated. PHOTOGRAPHER + PRINTER ON THE REVERSE MOUNT. LITHOGRAPHER - PRINTER OF THE MOUNT ON THE LOWER REVERSE.

Snyder, Black & Sturn N. SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. DIMENSIONS: W 2 7/16" x H 4". THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR COPY. 1872 American politician who served as Secretary of State under President Abraham Lincoln, and was one of the targets of the 1865 assassination plot that killed Lincoln. 1896 was an American photographer.

Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York City in 1844, and went on to photograph U. Presidents John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Van Buren, among other public figures.

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