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Photo: Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, Alexander Hesler, Springfield, I
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Photograph Size: 8x10 | Ready to frame in any standard size frame | Frame Not Included | Archival Quality Reproduction | Photograph Description: Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing right Creator(s): Hesler, Alexander, 1823-1895, photographer Related Names: Ayres, George B. Date Created Published: c. 1881, from a photo taken in 1860 Summary: Photo of Lincoln made from a negative taken in Springfield, Illinois, by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860. One of several poses from that day. 'Wrote Lincoln's law partner, William H. Herndon, 'There is the peculiar curve of the lower lip, the lone mole on the right cheek, and a pose of the head so essentially Lincolnian; no other artist has ever caught it.'' (Source: Ostendorf, p. 46) George B. Ayres bought Hesler's studio and later made prints from the Lincoln negatives. Notes:. On verso: Copyright, Geo. B. Ayres, Phila. On verso: To Horace and Anne Traubel with heartfelt greetings from their friends Ed and Will Ames(?), Xmas '96. Ostendorf, no. 26 Meserve, no. 26 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 46. Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham. Albumen prints--1890-1900. Portrait photographs--1860-1870--Reproductions.Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution