Image: Abraham Lincoln 1863 Portrait (3x4 cropped)
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Description: 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.
Title: Abraham Lincoln
Credit: museums.fivecolleges.edu
Author: Alexander Gardner
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License: Public domain
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