The Physical Lincoln: A57bzb

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Version 1: Digital Print of Hardcopy a57bzb-v1.jpg Print Key: Library of Congress LC-USZ62-36582 Print URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a36988 MaxPixels: 4052 x 5040 (smaller provided here) Comments: b&w film copy negative. MEDIUM: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver. Observations: Cheek mole: seen. Eyebrow: right lateral is sparse. Prognathism: well illustrated. "Varnished" appearance = form of retouching, I assume. Version 2: Digital Print of Hardcopy a57bzb-v2.jpg Print Key: Library of Congress LC-USZ62-6960-3a09624u Print URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a09624u MaxPixels: 1164 x 1536 Comments: b&w film copy neg. Observations: This view shows Lincoln mirror-reversed. Print: Mellon p22 Caption: Contemporary varnished albumen print from the lost original negative made by Alexander Hesler, in Chicago, February 28, 1857. Collection: Ostendorf Collection. Observations:

<= a57   a58x1 => A57bzb Photographer Hesler Location Chicago Sitting 1857-02-28 Technique Photograph Meserve # 6 Ostendorf # 2 Ostendorf pg 6, 250, 257-259, 261 Mellon pg 22 Kunhardt pg 100 Synonym none AL ML RL TL WL XL <= a57 a58x1 =>   Hamilton Photograph by Alexander Hesler, Chicago, Saturday, February 28, 1857.