Photo, Print, Drawing [Lincoln portrait possibly based on Meserve 22.]

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • [Lincoln portrait possibly based on Meserve 22.]

Names

  • Church, William (Artist)

Created / Published

  • n. d.

Headings

  • -  Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • -  Ward, Marcus Lawrence (1812-1884)
  • -  Lincoln-portrait of
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Portraits
  • -  United States -- Illinois -- Sangamon -- Springfield

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Portraits

Notes

  • -  Based on a photograph of the ambrotype made by William Church in Springfield on May 20, 1860. This portrait had no wide circulation, as they were made for Mr. J. Brown of Philadelphia, who used them in painting a portrait of the nominee. [The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Hill Meserve, Carl Sandburg, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1944.]
  • -  According to Meserve no 22, the maker is unknown.
  • -  Bottom of print: From an ambrotype taken for Marcus L. Ward (afterward Governor of New Jersey) in Springfield, Ill., May 20, 1860 after Mr. Lincoln's first nomination.

Medium

  • 32 x 25.2 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Portfolio 4, no. 76

Source Collection

  • The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana

Repository

  • Rare Book And Special Collections Division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Church, William. Lincoln portrait possibly based on Meserve 22. United States Sangamon Springfield Illinois, . N. D. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm001096/.

APA citation style:

Church, W. Lincoln portrait possibly based on Meserve 22. United States Sangamon Springfield Illinois, . N. D. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm001096/.

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Church, William. Lincoln portrait possibly based on Meserve 22. N. D. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/scsm001096/>.