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[Lincoln, Abraham, half length portrait, seated, facing right; in oval] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Lincoln, Abraham, half length portrait, seated, facing right; in oval] — historic photograph
[Lincoln, Abraham, half length portrait, seated, facing right; in oval]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Lincoln, Abraham, half length portrait, seated, facing right; in oval] in remarkable 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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[Lincoln, Abraham, half length portrait, seated, facing right; in oval]

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Lincoln is shown seated, turned to the right, with the figure cropped at mid-body and set within an oval frame, a vignette format that was popular in portrait photography of the period. The date of 1865 places the picture in the last year of Lincoln's life, when he was serving his second term as president. He sat for photographers often during the Civil War, and portraits like this one circulated widely as cartes de visite and prints, helping ordinary Americans see the face of a leader who was then guiding the country through its final months of war.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1865
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,280 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138593

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