Abraham Lincoln O-77 matte collodion print
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, 1863.
- Date
- 1863-11-08
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 2,200 × 2,835 pixels
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Reason: its author died more than 100 years ago.
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"Abraham Lincoln O-77 matte collodion print" (1863-11-08). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 54244.
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