Brown University

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Description

Abstract:
A wood engraving by Thomas Johnson after the earliest surviving photograph of Lincoln, a daguerreotype made in 1846 by N.H. Shepherd of Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln was a congressman-elect from Illinois at the time.

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

"Portrait of Abraham Lincoln" (1895). Lincoln Graphics. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:68750/

Relations

Collection:

  • Lincoln Graphics

    Prints in the Lincoln collection are classified by Meserve numbers, and include most of the known photographic images of Lincoln, along with engravings and popular prints by, among other firms, Currier & Ives and Kurz & Allen. There are also …
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