Earliest portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, based on a daguerreotype taken when Lincoln was between 35 and 40 years old. Accompanies an article about the daguerreotype owned by Robert T. Lincoln.

Publication date: 1895-11-10

Size: 13.3 x 11 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• United States

Subject(s):

• Legislators--United States--1840-1850
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
• United States. Congress. House--People--1840-1850

Genre(s):

• Portrait drawings

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (November 10, 1895), Part 6, p. 50

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg