Photograph #A46qq1 of Abraham Lincoln

Synonyms

PhysLinc	A46qq1	→
Ostendorf	1	→
Meserve	1	→
Kunhardt	AL.c1846.1	→
Internal	A46	→

The Image

Photographer:	Shepherd
Sitting date:	1846/q
Location:	Springfield, IL/q
Technique:	Daguerreotype

Books

Hamilton '63	Pages 4, 246a, 359a
Tarbell '96	Page ii

Book Notes

Mellon '79 [p 19]

Made probably in 1846, when at the age of thirty-seven he was elected to the US House of Representatives. Original [[daguerreotype]], believed to have been made by N.H. [[Shepherd]], in [[Springfield]], Illinois.

Collections cited in Books

Mellon '79 [p 19]

Library of Congress.

Library of Congress LC-USZ6-2095 cph 3d02095u
mirror-show. obs2\|Head tilt\|to right. obs2\|Ear lobe line\|seen on left. obs2\|Cheek mole\|unseen; poorly exposed area. obs2\|Hair part\|left side. obs2\|Hair recession\|obvious in left temporal region. obs2\|Hand shape\|large, muscular. obs2\|Hand skin\|wrinkled and lax on fingers. obs2\|Head size\|small. obs2\|Neck\|long. obs2\|Shoulders\|downsloping. b&w film copy neg. post-1992	3250 x 4096

Library of Congress LC-USZC4-2439 cph 3g02439
mirror-show. Has been converted to gray-scale image for display here. color film copy transparency post-1992	4050 x 4987

Library of Congress LC-USZ6-299 cph 3a00289
mirror-show. loc-thin-maybe. b&w film copy neg. pre-1992, after 1959 cleaning and restoration?	1142 x 1536

Library of Congress LC-USZ62-12457 cph 3a14822
mirror-show. loc-thin-maybe. b&w film copy neg. pre-1992, after 1959 cleaning and restoration, copy of retouched print	1111 x 1536