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Abraham Lincoln, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Slightly Right – Vintage Wall Art

Abraham Lincoln, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Slightly Right, June 3, 1860 — historic photograph
Abraham Lincoln, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Slightly Right, June 3, 1860. Historic photograph from the Lincoln 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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Abraham Lincoln, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Slightly Right

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This oval, head-and-shoulders portrait shows Abraham Lincoln turned slightly to the right, in a small print about 6 by 5 inches. Alexander Hesler, a Chicago photographer, made it on June 3, 1860, a few weeks after the Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated Lincoln for president. Portraits from Hesler's studio that summer were widely copied and circulated during the campaign, helping shape how voters saw the candidate. The oval crop was a common format for cartes and small prints of the period.

Created / publishedJune 3, 1860
Mediumphotographic print, 6 x 5 in., oval
NotesHesler, Alexander, 1823-1895, photographer
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,207 × 7,549 px · prints to 21 × 25 in at 300 dpi
Reference19200u

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