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Collection Reference Number GLC05111.02.0060
From Archive Folder Cartes de visites 
Title Mrs. Lincoln in mourning after Willie's death
Date ca. February 1862
Document Type Photograph
Content Description Mary Lincoln wears a simple black dress and a cumbersome looking headpiece. Cuffs and flowers in her bonnet have been hand-colored. Graphite inscription on recto "Mrs. Lincoln." Ink inscription on verse "Mrs. Mary A. Lincoln."
Subjects First Lady  Women's History  Death  Children and Family  
People Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882)  
Theme The Presidency; Women in American History; Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945