Early Home of Lincoln
Artist
Francis Hacker
(American, b. 1828)
CultureAmerican
Date1865
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 7/16 × 2 1/8 in. (8.7 × 5.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.2 × 6.2 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.2 × 6.2 cm)
InscribedStamped on front: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Francis Hacker in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Providence, Rhode Island."
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.195
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite.Label Textleft Abraham Lincoln, 1861 American Albumen print (photograph) right Francis Hacker American, born ca. 1828 Early Home of Lincoln, 1865 Albumen print (photograph) Responding to public demand, many photographers printed images of the president and places associated with his life. Inexpensive carte-de-visite prints like those seen here were the most common. The portrait on the left was well known during Lincoln’s presidency and became the basis for many political cartoons. The card on the right shows a rough wooden cabin, purportedly one of Lincoln’s childhood homes in rural Kentucky or Indiana. After his death, such images helped mythologize Lincoln as a great leader of humble origins. Gift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange 98.32.329 Museum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr. 90.195 Exhibition History"Shooting Lincoln: Photography and the 16th President," Chrysler Museum of Art, February 10 - July 5, 2015.
