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[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, traditionally called last photograph of Lincoln from life"]" – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, traditionally called last photograph of Lincoln from life"]", [between 1885 and 1911, from photo taken on Feb. 5, 1865 ] — historic photograph
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, traditionally called last photograph of Lincoln from life"]", [between 1885 and 1911, from photo taken on Feb. 5, 1865 ]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Long regarded as the last photograph taken of Abraham Lincoln from life, this head-and-shoulders portrait was made by Alexander Gardner at his Washington gallery, and the crack across the image comes from the original negative, which was broken and discarded in 1865. For decades it was dated to April 10, 1865, just days before Lincoln's assassination, but later research points to a sitting on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This is a copy of that picture, reproduced in Frederick Hill Meserve's 1911 collection and later in Lloyd Ostendorf's album of Lincoln photographs. The surviving original print is held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Created / published[between 1885 and 1911, from photo taken on Feb. 5, 1865 ]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
Genre1865. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton
NotesCopy of photo by Alexander Gardner taken at Gardner's Gallery in Washington, DC, on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This last photo in Lincoln's last photo session from life was long thought to have been made on April 10, 1865, but more recent research has indicated the earlier date in February. Image shows crack in original negative, which was broken and discarded back in 1865. The original surviving print is at the National Portrait Gallery. Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York: Privately printed, 1911. Ostendorf, no. 118 Meserve, no. 100 Original: albumen silver photographic print in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., item number NPG.81.M1, dimensions 45 x 38.6cm (17 11/16 x 15 3/16)
SubjectsLincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan982 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-111301

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