[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]. GARDNER, ALEXANDER. Carte-de-visite seated portrait of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, probably taken on 24 February 1861. An important image, taken just after the President-elect's arrival in Washington (his inauguration as President took place on March 4). This was Lincoln's first Washington sitting, in which he appears deep in thought. His familiar stove-pipe hat is clearly visible on the small table next to him. Hamilton/Ostendorf 50.