• This chair is not as the large as the one in the Lincoln Memorial so it is not the exact scene that is shown on the Lincoln Memorial. - sammy07ut

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing right] (LOC)

Berger, Anthony, b. 1832, photographer.

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing right]

[Washington, D.C. : 1864 Feb. 9]

1 negative : glass, wet collodion ; 8 x 7 3/4 in.

Notes:
 An image from this sitting was the basis for the engraved portrait on the five dollar bill.

Published in Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 176.

Title devised by Library staff.
Gift, Louis Rabinowitz, 1952.
Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress).

Subjects:
 Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Glass negatives--1860-1870.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.19470

Call Number: LC-B8175- 3-X

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    a nameless yeast, clickykbd, Cunning Stunt, MrLob, and 84 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. NancyLiu@USA (47 months ago | reply)

    It is this image as same as the stature in Memorial Hall, which looks more strict without smile in comapring another photo picture that look much kinder with smile.

    However...

    The formality is an element of being a President of United States in consideration of image exhibition in public place.

  3. fw652830 (47 months ago | reply)

    That stern-looking presidential face, etched in our memories FOREVER. Well done, Father Abraham....enter into the kingdom!

  4. eliburford (47 months ago | reply)

    Love the grungy edges :)

  5. avidphoto (47 months ago | reply)

    Guys, a lot of the photography techniques back then could take several minutes, hence the reason people did not smile much in photos back then as they had to hold the pose for a few minutes. wet collodion was used for this photo.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collodion

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  7. Cassies grandma (46 months ago | reply)

    www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/mobile_200603A4 2.html
    Is this chair the same on talked about in this article?

  8. sammy07ut (44 months ago | reply)

    Although this image looks very close to the statue at the Lincoln Memorial it is not the same exact picture. His legs are crossed in this image and the chair that he is seating in is too small to be like the one in the Lincoln memorial.

  9. NancyLiu@USA (44 months ago | reply)

    I really wish being a public servant in this country can be allowed to desearve more respect and a bigger chair to sit on with much comfortable and an image that suit their position better.

    In democratic system of this country, public servant, under the strain of power balance, almost nearly became public slave.

  10. Itai eliasi (41 months ago | reply)

    Very Nice

  11. jiffyslot (20 months ago | reply)

    Neato! It's nice to see the uncropped image.

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