Robert Gray
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2012
On Sunday, August 9, 1863 Lincoln, accompanied by his secretary, John Hay, visited Alexander Gardner's new gallery. Six photographs were taken. For three of the poses Gardner used a four lens camera that produced four images on a single plate at once. The negative could be used to print four cartes-de-visite or, by combining horizontal pairs, two stereoviews. Although the negatives no longer survive, the resulting prints remain for us to enjoy.