Shepherd, nicholas h. , photographer. [abraham lincoln, congressman-elect from illinois. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]
[springfield, ill. , 1846 or 1847]
1 photograph: quarter plate daguerreotype; plate 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. Notes:
this daguerreotype is the earliest-known photograph of abraham lincoln, taken at age 37 when he was a frontier lawyer in springfield and congressman-elect from illinois. (source: ostendorf, p. 4)
attributed to nicholas h. Shepherd, based on the recollections of gibson w. Harris, a law student in lincoln's office from 1845 to 1847. (source: 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. Published in: lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by lloyd ostendorf. Dayton, oh: rockywood press, 1998, p. 4-5. Title devised by library staff. Gift; mary lincoln isham; 1937. Forms part of: daguerreotype collection (library of congress). Subjects:
lincoln, abraham--1809-1865. Format: portrait photographs--1840-1850. Daguerreotypes--1840-1850. Rights info: no known restrictions on publication. Repository: library of congress, prints and photographs division, washington, d. C. 20540 usa, http://hdl. Loc. Gov/loc. Pnp/pp. Print
part of: daguerreotype collection (library of congress) (dlc) 95861318
persistent url: http://hdl. Loc. Gov/loc. Pnp/cph. 3g02439
call number: dag no. 1224. Date: 1 January 1846, 00:00:00.
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