The Physical Lincoln: A46

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Hardcopy 1: Library of Congress Copy Key: Call number: DAG no. 1224 Copy URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3d02095 Comments: MEDIUM: 1 photograph: quarter plate daguerreotype. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1846 or 1847] Observations: Version 1: Digital Print of Hardcopy 1 a46-v1-cropped.jpg Print Key: Library of Congress LC-USZ6-2095 cph 3d02095u Print URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3d02095 MaxPixels: 3250 x 4096 Comments: b&w film copy neg. post-1992 Observations: Thumbnail shows reality sidedness. Head tilt: to right. Ear lobe line: seen on left. Cheek mole: unseen; poorly exposed area. Hair part: left side. Hair recession: obvious in left temporal region. Hand shape: large, muscular. Hand skin: wrinkled and lax on fingers. Head size: small. Neck: long. Shoulders: downsloping. Version 2: Digital Print of Hardcopy 1 a46-v2.jpg Print Key: Library of Congress LC-USZC4-2439 cph 3g02439 Print URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g02439 MaxPixels: 1135 x 1439 Comments: color film copy transparency post-1992 Observations: Thumbnail shows reality sidedness. Has been converted to gray-scale image for display here. Version 3: Digital Print of Hardcopy 1 a46-v3.jpg Print Key: Library of Congress LC-USZ6-299 cph 3a00289 Print URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a00289 MaxPixels: 1142 x 1536 Comments: b&w film copy neg. pre-1992, after 1959 cleaning and restoration? Observations: Thumbnail shows reality sidedness. Image possibly has an artifactual vertical elongation; explanation.. Version 4: Digital Print of Hardcopy 1 a46-v4.jpg Print Key: Library of Congress LC-USZ62-12457 cph 3a14822 Print URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a14822 MaxPixels: 1111 x 1536 Comments: b&w film copy neg. pre-1992, after 1959 cleaning and restoration, copy of retouched print Observations: Thumbnail shows reality sidedness. Image possibly has an artifactual vertical elongation; explanation.. Print: Mellon p19 Caption: Made probably in 1846, when at the age of thirty-seven he was elected to the US House of Representatives. Original daguerreotype, believed to have been made by N.H. Shepherd, in Springfield, Illinois. Collection: Library of Congress. Observations: Thumbnail shows reality sidedness.

<= None   a54j => A46 Photographer Shepherd Location Springfield, IL (?) Sitting 1846 (?) Technique Daguerreotype Meserve # 1 Ostendorf # 1 Ostendorf pg 4, 246 Mellon pg 19 Kunhardt pg 67, 402 Synonym none AL ML RL TL WL XL <= None a54j =>    Hamilton  Daguerreotype by N.H. Shepherd, Springfield, 1846.  KunhardtA  (p66) Of this and m46: "In each instance the mirror image of the daguerrotype has been reversed in order to show how the Lincolns actually looked." [I believe this statement is in error for Lincoln, but correct for m46.]

From http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3d02095 

Attributed to Nicholas H. Shepherd, based on the recollections of Gibson W. Harris, a law student in Lincoln's office from 1845 to 1847. (Gibson William Harris, "My Recollections of Abraham Lincoln," Women's Home Companion (November 1903), 9-11.) Robert Lincoln, son of the President, thought the photo was made in either St. Louis or Washington during his father's term in Congress.