[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] – Antique Photo Print
![[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front], [1846 or 1847] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b2/b2dd1e282272-L.webp)
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Step back in time with [Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]
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Lincoln sits facing the camera in this three-quarter length daguerreotype, a quarter-plate image on silvered copper and one of the earlier portraits of him that survive. The record dates it to 1846 or 1847, and the attribution to the photographer Nicholas H. Shepherd rests on the recollections of Gibson W. Harris, a law student in Lincoln's office at the time. Lincoln's son Robert thought it was made in St. Louis or Washington during his father's single term in Congress, so the exact place remains uncertain.
| Created / published | [1846 or 1847] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype. |
| Notes | Attributed to Nicholas H. Shepherd, based on the recollections of Gibson W. Harris, a law student in Lincoln's office from 1845 to 1847. (Gibson William Harris, My Recollections of Abraham Lincoln |
| Subjects | Women's Home Companion (November 1903), 9-11.) Robert Lincoln, son of the President, thought the photo was made in either St. Louis or Washington during his father's term in Congress. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 140. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 332. Gift; Mary Lincoln Isham; 1937. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 111 & 243. Exhibit loan 4105-L. |
| Original scan | 1,111 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 140_Abraham_Lincoln_threequ_1846 |
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