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Abraham Lincoln, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Front – Antique Photo Print

Abraham Lincoln, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Front, Nov 8, 1863 — historic photograph
Abraham Lincoln, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Front, Nov 8, 1863. Historic photograph from the Presidents 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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Step back in time with Abraham Lincoln, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Front, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Abraham Lincoln, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Front

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Among the many Lincoln portraits in circulation, this one stands out for its date: it was made on November 8, 1863, only days before Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg to deliver his address. The photographer, Alexander Gardner, was a leading Washington portrait maker who had worked with Mathew Brady before setting up his own studio, and his sittings with Lincoln produced some of the most widely reproduced images of the president. Shot head-and-shoulders and facing the camera, the picture shows Lincoln at a moment when the Civil War was still being fought and the Union's direction remained uncertain. Its survival in the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division makes it a useful record of how Lincoln presented himself to the public during the war.

Created / publishedNov 8, 1863
Mediumphotographic print
NotesGardner, Alexander, photographer
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,581 × 5,476 px · prints to 15 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceL-P-31

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