[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. [BRADY, Mathew, photographer]. CDV of Lincoln. [Washington, DC, 8 January 1864].

CDV on cardstock mount, no studio imprint. A vignetted portrait of Abraham Lincoln from a negative originally taken by Mathew Brady, 8 January 1864 (O-87). Lincoln said of this particular portrait: "I don't know that I have any favorite portrait of myself; but I have thought that if I looked like any of the likenesses of me that have been taken, I look most like that one" (Ostendorf, p. 170). 

Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey

This lot is located in Cincinnati.