Abraham Lincoln,presidential candidate,US,Alexander Hesler,Springfield,IL,c1894

Title: [Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing right]
Creator(s): Hesler, Alexander, 1823-1895, photographer
Date Created/Published: [ca. 1894, 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:
Title devised by Library staff.
Date of print based on Hesler's studio address '70 State Street, Chicago,' printed on card mount.
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,--1809-1865
Albumen prints--1880-1900.
Cabinet photographs--1880-1900.
Portrait photographs--1860-1870--Reproductions.
Bookmark /2009630673/
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