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Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) [Seated portrait of Andrew Johnson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0475 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 56.0 x 44.2 cm. Order a Copy

Full-length seated portrait of Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States. Johnson is seated next to a small round table with a statue on it. The same chair and table are also featured in several Gardner photographs of President Lincoln. Printed facsimile signature on mount reads, "Yours truly Andrew Johnson." Paper mount credits Alexander Gardner as photographer and Philp & Solomons as publisher.

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

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