Abraham Lincoln, Three Quarters Length, Seated, Facing Right – Antique Wall Art
(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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Abraham Lincoln, Three Quarters Length, Seated, Facing Right comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Abraham Lincoln, Three Quarters Length, Seated, Facing Right
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What sets this picture apart is that it is a photograph of a painting, not of Lincoln himself. A Bloomington, Illinois studio, Mayes, copied a portrait by an artist named Waterman, which was itself based on a photographic print from Meserve's series. The result is several steps removed from the sitter, a sign of how Lincoln's likeness was spread across the country in the decades after his death. Bloomington was a fitting place for such a copy, since the town hosted an early Republican state convention in 1856 that Lincoln attended. The seated, three-quarter pose, turned to the right, was a common format for mid-19th-century portraits meant for display in parlors and public halls.
| Medium | photographic print |
|---|---|
| Notes | Photo by Mayes, Bloomington, Ill. of painting by Waterman after Meserve Photoprint no. 6 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,061 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-P-3 |
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