Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1850, 4-1/4 x 3-1/2 in., the sitter is lightly tinted. The mat for this image is stamped J.GURNEY / 189 BROADWAY NY.
From the Collection of the late Michael Joyce and Archie Carter III, Greensboro, North Carolina
Proceeds to Benefit Greensboro Urban Ministry
Gurney learned the photographic trade early on from Samuel F. B. Morse and established one of New York's earliest Daguerreian studios. In April 1865 Gurney took the last photograph of Abraham Lincoln as the slain president lay in state.