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| Keywords: Abraham Lincoln O-36 by Butler, 1860-crop.jpg Abraham Lincoln candidate for U S president Half-length portrait seated facing front 1 photograph ambrotype ; plate 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in Thought to be the last beardless portrait of Lincoln this photo was made for the portrait painter John Henry Brown noted for his miniatures in ivory 'There are so many hard lines in his face ' wrote Brown in his diary 'that it becomes a mask to the inner man His true character only shines out when in an animated conversation or when telling an amusing tale He is said to be a homely man; I do not think so ' Source Ostendorf p 62 Published in Lincoln's photographs a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf Dayton OH Rockywood Press 1998 p 62-63 Title devised by Library staff Gift; A Conger Goodyear; 1965 Format Portrait photographs--1860 Ambrotypes--1860 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp print hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp print http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3a10370 hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3a10370 Call Number LOT 12559 no 3 http //www flickr com/people/8623220 N02 The Library of Congress 1860-08-13 Preston Butler http //www loc gov/rr/print/195_copr html noknown File Abraham Lincoln foto jpg File Abraham_Lincoln_foto jpg PD-old 1860 portrait photographs 1860 in Illinois Abraham Lincoln in 1860 Sitting_men Ambrotypes Sitting with arms folded across chest Crossed arms right over left | ||||
