New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865

Artist William Morris Smith (American, active 1860s)

Artist Alexander Gardner (American (born Scotland), 1821 - 1882)

Publisher Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C. (American)

DateMarch 4, 1865

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 1/2 × 6 in. (19.1 × 15.2 cm)
Overall, Support: 15 × 11 3/4 in. (38.1 × 29.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.323

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U.S. Civil War
Men
Military affairs

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. Photograph of the Capitol building from the front view with the backside of the Washington bust memorial to the right. Lamplights stand around the fence of that memorial. A few trees line the left side of the picture. The main focus of the photograph is the dome at the center situated on top of the Capitol building. Text below reads "Pre-Inauguration President Lincoln, 4th March 1865." This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextWilliam Morris Smith American, active 1860s and Alexander Gardner American, 1821−1882 Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865, 1865 Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington, D.C. Albumen print (photograph) During Lincoln’s second inauguration, Alexander Gardner hired another Washington, D.C., photographer, William Morris Smith, to take distant views of the ceremonies. Smith’s image shows the full height of the new Capitol Building dome, almost completed at this point, and crowned by a bronze statue of Freedom by American sculptor Thomas Crawford (1814−1857). Gardner set up his own camera much closer to the action, amid the crowds just visible here below the Capitol steps. Gift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange 98.32.323