The Physical Lincoln: A58i

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Print: Library of Congress
Has hardcopy:	Yes as of 2007-04.

Print: Mellon p40
Caption:	(p41) Quarter-plate daguerreotype of the lost original, almost certainly an ambrotype or daguerreotype, beileved to have been made by Christopher S. German, in Springfield, Illinois, during late September 1858.
Collection:	Larry West.
Observations:	Retouching certainly occurred before this print was made. Assigned as daguerreotype because sidedness is correct. The two Mellon reproductions appear to derive from the same original exposure. The one on page 40 appears to have less artifact.

Print: Mellon p42
Caption:	(p43) Reproduced from a signed albumen copy print presented by Lincoln to Arnold Robinson, the court crier in Springfield, Illinois. The lost original, almost certainly an ambrotype or daguerreotype, is believed to have been made by Christopher S. German, in Springfield, during late September 1858.
Collection:	Arthur Talansky.
Observations:

Print: Kunhardt 140
Observations:

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A58i
Photographer	German (?)
Location	Springfield, IL
Sitting	1858-09
Technique	daguerreotype (?)
Meserve #	9
Ostendorf #	9
Ostendorf pg	20, 260
Mellon pg	40, 42
Kunhardt pg	140
Synonym	none
AL ML RL TL WL XL

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Hamilton: Photograph, probably by C.S. German, Springfield, Sunday, September 26, 1858.

After a photograph owned by Mrs. Harriet Chapman of Charleston, Illinois. Mrs. Chapman is a grand-daughter of Sarah Bush Lincoln, Lincoln's step-mother. Her son, Mr. R. N. Chapman of Charleston, Illinois, writes us: "In 1858 Lincoln and Douglas had a series of joint debates in this State, and this city was one place of meeting. Mr. Lincoln's step-mother was making her home with my father and mother at that time. Mr. Lincoln stopped at our house, and as he was going away my mother said to him: 'Uncle Abe, I want a picture of you.' He replied, 'Well, Harriet, when I get home I will have one taken for you and send it to you.' Soon after, mother received the photograph, which she still has, already framed, from Springfield, Illinois, with a letter from Mr. Lincoln, in which he said, 'This is not a very good-looking picture, but it's the best that could be produced from the poor subject.' He also said that he had it taken solely for my mother. The photograph is still in its original frame, and I am sure is the most perfect and best picture of Lincoln in existence. We suppose it must have been taken in Springfield, Illinois."

-- Page 215 of The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln, by Ida M. Tarbell and J. McCan Davis, New York: S.S. McClure, 1896. (TarbellE)

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