Civil War and Emancipation History Abraham Lincoln Carte de Visite with Patriotic and Freedmen Imagery

Abraham Lincoln

Photograph

Lazier. Abraham Lincoln carte de visite, undated, combines a portrait of the sixteenth president with patriotic imagery and a scene identified as showing freed slaves, placing Lincoln’s likeness within the visual culture of Union nationalism and emancipation. Such imagery connected the president directly to the political and social consequences of the Civil War, including the destruction of slavery and the emergence of freedom as a central theme in popular commemorative material.

Carte de visite by Lazier of Syracuse, New York, with photographer’s back imprint. Approximately 2.5 x 4 inches. The mount presents Lincoln together with patriotic scenes and an additional vignette depicting freed slaves. The combination of presidential portraiture and emancipation imagery gives the card a more explicitly political character than a conventional studio portrait, linking Lincoln’s public image to Union victory and the end of slavery.

Lincoln’s image circulated extensively in cartes de visite during and after the Civil War, becoming part of a broader culture of political remembrance following his assassination in 1865. The inclusion of African American subjects identified as freed slaves places this example within the visual record of how emancipation was represented to contemporary audiences through inexpensive photographic and printed formats. In excellent condition.

Item #11015

Price: $280.00