Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 21
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| Title | Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 21 |
| Date | 1860 |
| Coverage-Spatial | Springfield (Ill.) |
| Photographer | Church, William |
| Subject | |
| Description | A photograph of the ambrotype made by William Church in Springfield on May 20, 1860, two days after Lincoln's nomination for President. This and Numbers 22 and 109 are believed to be the first portraits made of Lincoln after his nomination. |
| Original Medium | ambrotype |
| Type | |
| Repository | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections |
| Collection Title | The Faces of Abraham Lincoln: The Meserve Lincoln Photographs, 1848-1865 |
| 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) |
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