Historical Portrait
[Hesler photograph of Lincoln.]
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About this photograph
A portrait photograph taken by Alexander Hesler on 3 June 1860.
The archive record identifies the subject as Lincoln but provides no further details about the circumstances of the sitting, the location where it was made, or what became of the image afterward.
Without additional documentation, nothing can be stated about why Hesler made this photograph, whether it was commissioned, or how it relates to other portraits from the same period.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
Rights & Attribution
Credit: Library of Congress
Reuse: Public domain. Free to download, print, edit and republish, commercially or otherwise. How rights work in this archive.
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