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Photograph of Abraham Lincoln in 1865
PhysLinc #
Synonyms
 
 A65c10
 
 
 112
 
 
 93
 
 
 AL.1865.5A
 
 
 A65cf1
 
The Image
Photographer:  Warren
Sitting date: 1865-03-06
Location: Washington, DC
Technique: Photograph
Hamilton '63 Pages 214, 114b, 390c
Book Notes
Mellon '79 [p 176]
Rare unretouched cartes-de-visite printed from the lost original negative of the pose made by Henry F. [[Warren]] on the [[White House]] balcony, March 6, 1865.
[[Photograph]] by Henry F. [[Warren]], White House balcony, [[Washington]], DC, Monday, March 6, 1865.
Collections cited in Books
Mellon '79 [p 179]
Ostendorf Collection
     
BA-1626
 
 
correct_sidedness Some versions with this LOC LC-number have different aspect ratios than version above: height:width are 1.75 (where he looks thin) and 1.53 (where he looks not thin).

b&w film copy negative. 1 photographic print: albumen.

4005 x 4953
 
 
correct_sidedness

b&w film copy negative. 1 photographic print: albumen; photo ca. 11 x 14 in. on mount 20 x 24 in.

5599 x 7594
 
 
LC-USZ62-7542 [x]
Scleral masses?

Photographed (through acetate sleeve) at the Library of Congress in November 2014. Tightly cropped.

 
 

Per Hamilton '63 [p 391] / Ostendorf '98 [p 413], Warren took a third photo of Lincoln, standing, that has not been seen in the modern era.

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