Scholars and enthusiasts alike believe this portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken on November 8, 1863, eleven days before his famed Gettysburg Address, to be the best photograph of him ever taken. Lincoln’s character was notoriously difficult to capture in pictures, but Alexander Gardner’s close-up portrait, quite innovative in contrast to the typical full-length portrait style, comes closest to preserving the expressive contours of Lincoln’s face and his penetrating gaze. Photograph taken by Alexander Gardner, 1863.
Date
8 November 1863
date QS:P571,+1863-11-08T00:00:00Z/11
Medium
matte collodion print
Dimensions
height: 32.7 cm (12.8 in); width: 25.2 cm (9.9 in)
Moses Parker Rice (1839-1925), possibly one of Gardner’s former assistants, copyrighted this portrait in the late nineteenth century, along with other photographs by Gardner.
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Captions
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Retrato de Abraham Lincoln (16to presidente de los Estados Unidos)
Potret Dari Abraham Lincoln , Presiden Ke-16 Amerika Serikat
राष्ट्रपति अब्राहम लिंकन
Abraham Lincoln
亚伯拉罕·林肯的肖像（第十六任美国总统）
Foto Abraham Lincoln (Presiden kaping 16 Amerika Serikat)
అబ్రహాం లింకన్
Abraham Lincoln'ün Portresi (Amerika Birleşik Devletleri 16. Başkanı)
پرترهٔ آبراهام لینکلن (شانزدهمین رئیسجمهور ایالات متحده)
Πορτρέτο του Αβραάμ Λίνκολν (16ου προέδρου των ΗΠΑ)
Портрет Авраама Лінкольна (16-го президента США) 23 листопада 1863 року
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