Brady, Mathew [Abraham Lincoln]

After Mathew Brady (1822-96).  [Abraham Lincoln]

From “A Popular History of the United States…” New York: Charles Scribner’s & Sons, 1881.   5 x 3 ¾ (image).  Engraving on chine appliqué mounted on a backing sheet.  Very good condition.

A very strong, patriotic image of Abraham Lincoln, by an unknown engraver, after Brady’s photograph of Lincoln taken on February 9, 1864.  This photograph of Lincoln was used as a basis for the $5 bill.