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TITLE: [Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Half-length portrait, seated, facing front]
CALL NUMBER: LOT 12559, no. 3 [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-7728A (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Thought to be the last beardless portrait of Lincoln, this photo was "made for the portrait painter, John Henry Brown, noted for his miniatures in ivory. ... 'There are so many hard lines in his face,' wrote Brown in his diary, 'that it becomes a mask to the inner man. His true character only shines out when in an animated conversation, or when telling an amusing tale. ... He is said to be a homely man; I do not think so.'" (Source: Ostendorf, p. 62)
MEDIUM: 1 photograph : ambrotype ; plate 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [Springfield, Ill., 1860 Aug. 13]
CREATOR:
Butler, Preston, photographer.
NOTES:
Title devised by Library staff.
Ostendorf, no. 36
Meserve, no. 29.
Gift; A. Conger Goodyear; 1965.
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 62-63.
Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.
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FORMAT:
Portrait photographs 1860.
Ambrotypes 1860.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a10370 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a10370
CONTROL #: 2007686613
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