The Physical Lincoln: A60fc3

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Version 1: Digital Print of Hardcopy a60fc3-v1.jpg Print Key: Library of Congress LC-USZ62-95371-3b41526u Print URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b41526 MaxPixels: 1048 x 1536 Comments: b&w film copy negative. 1 photographic print. Observations: Image possibly has an artifactual vertical elongation; explanation. Print: Mellon p68 Caption: (p69) Rare contemporary albumen print from the lost original negative made by Alexander Hesler, in Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1860. Collection: Ostendorf Collection. Observations:

<= a60fc2   a60fc4 => A60fc3 Photographer Hesler Location Springfield, IL Sitting 1860-06-03 Technique Photograph Meserve # 27 Ostendorf # 29 Ostendorf pg 49, 259 Mellon pg 68 Kunhardt pg 136 Synonym none AL ML RL TL WL XL <= a60fc2 a60fc4 =>    hamilton  Photograph by Alexander Hesler, Springfield, Sunday, June 3, 1860.  ostendorfA  (p49) Is similar to a60fc4, but "with the hard lines removed. Despite the prettying, Lincoln's features are strong..."

The hard lines are more visible in the  kunhardtA  p136 print than in the Library of Congress' print.