Keywords: Lincoln O-70 by Gardner 1863.jpg This is one of a series of six pictures of the President taken by Alexander Gardner on the day before the official opening of his gallery Lincoln had promised to be Gardner's first sitter and chose Sunday for his visit to avoid curiosity seekers and other seekers while on his way to the gallery 1863 8 9 photograph in 12 15 5 object history Sold at Heritage Auction Gallery in 2013 for 1 314 50 exhibition history credit line Ostendorf O-70; Meserve M-53 accession number Creator Alexander Gardner http //historical ha com/c/item zx saleNo 6096 lotNo 38067 http //www physical-lincoln com/wiki/A63hi1 PD-old-100 Abraham Lincoln in 1863 1863 portrait photographs |