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Photograph of Abraham Lincoln in 1864±
PhysLinc #
Synonyms
 
 A64qq1
 
 
 103
 
 
 92
 
 
 AL.c1865.2A
 
 
 A64y1
 
The Image
Photographer:  Walker
Sitting date: 1864 or 1865/q
Location: Washington, DC
Technique: Photograph
Hamilton '63 Pages 196, 197, 127, 388b
Book Notes
Mellon '79 [p 146]
Gelatin silver print of one view of a sterographic card printed from two lower frames of the lost original multiple-image negative. Lewis E. [[Walker]], in [[Washington]], DC, about 1864.
Collections cited in Books
Mellon '79 [p 149]
Mellon Collection.
     
correct_sidedness Ostendorf believes the hair was cropped short to facilitate the February 1865 casting of Lincoln's head by Clark Mills. Such a late date seems unlikely. Compared to Lincoln's emaciated appearance in other Feb. 1865 photographs, he looks much better here.

b&w film copy negative. 1 photographic print on stereo card: albumen silver.

5507 x 2684 (stereo pair)
 
5507 x 2684 (stereo pair)
 
 
correct_sidedness This is a different digital image of the same source analog image as the other version.

b&w film copy negative. 1 photographic print on stereo card: albumen silver.

1536 x 705 (stereo pair)
 
 

Color reproduction. Best image from Library of Congress.

1536 x 769 (stereo pair)
 
 

Mellon (p200) identifies the photographer based on an inscription on the back of a carte-de-visite.

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