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Photograph of Abraham Lincoln in 1858
PhysLinc #
Synonyms
 
 A58j1
 
 
 10
 
 
 12
 
 
 AL.1858.6
 
 
 A58ja
 
The Image
Photographer:  Jackson
Sitting date: 1858-10-01
Location: Pittsfield, IL
Technique: Ambrotype
Book Notes
Mellon '79 [p 44]
Gelatin silver print of the original [[ambrotype]] made by Calvin [[Jackson]], in [[Pittsfield]], Illinois, October 1, 1858.
[[Ambrotype]] by Calvin [[Jackson]], [[Pittsfield]], Friday, October 1, 1858.
Collections cited in Books
Mellon '79 [p 45]
Mellon Collection.
     
obs2|Eyelid mass|seen in right upper lid, near lateral margin of iris. Heaped-up mass in medial canthus of right eye. Midline-philtrum lesions is hinted, as is left commissural lesion.

b&w film copy negative. 1 photographic print: gelatin silver.

4063 x 5057
 
 

This is the original quarter-plate ambrotype. Available in color reproduction, too. Appears that someone tried to clean the plate and ruined it.

4735 x 5900
 
 

Hamilton '63 [p 361] / Ostendorf '98 [p 383] says that (a) the original of this image is "very dark, giving Lincoln's complexion a black and leathery appearance" and (b) a second exposure was taken at the same time as this one, but was destroyed.

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