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Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 1

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This image is in the public domain. Descriptions are in copyright, reprinted courtesy of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation.

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Title
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 1
Date
1846  
Coverage-Spatial
Springfield (Ill.)  
Photographer
Shepherd, N.H.  
Subject
  • Presidents--United States--Portraits  
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865  
Description
The earliest known portrait of Abraham Lincoln. A photograph of the daguerreotype believed to have been made by N. H. Shepherd in Springfield, Illinois, in 1846. Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln, who owned the original, stated to the author that he believed it was made in Washington about 1848, when his father was a Representative in Congress.  
Original Medium
daguerreotype
Type
  • Photograph  
  • Still image  
Repository
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Collection Title
Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)
Publisher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
This image is in the public domain. Descriptions are in copyright, reprinted courtesy of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation.
Collection
Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)
TitleMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 1
Date1846  
Coverage-SpatialSpringfield (Ill.)  
PhotographerShepherd, N.H.  
Subject
  • Presidents--United States--Portraits  
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865  
DescriptionThe earliest known portrait of Abraham Lincoln. A photograph of the daguerreotype believed to have been made by N. H. Shepherd in Springfield, Illinois, in 1846. Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln, who owned the original, stated to the author that he believed it was made in Washington about 1848, when his father was a Representative in Congress.  
Original Mediumdaguerreotype
Type
  • Photograph  
  • Still image  
RepositoryIllinois History and Lincoln Collections
Collection TitleFrederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)
PublisherUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionThis image is in the public domain. Descriptions are in copyright, reprinted courtesy of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation.
CollectionFrederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)

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