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A suberb ninth plate ambrotype of Lincoln with tinted cheeks in 1860 when he ran for President.
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| A rare, early 1865 Currier & Ives lithograph of all the Presidents from Washington to Lincoln. The odd thing about the print is that Lincoln is beardless and it lists his Presidency as 1861-1869. This means that it was printed afer Lincoln was re-elected in 1864, but before he was assassinated in 1865. Why they chose to show a beardless Lincoln is still a mystery. |
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| 1860 Lincoln Wide Awake parade torch. The Wide Awakes were a social group that held events in support of Lincoln for President. They wore uniforms, sang patriotic songs, marched in parades carrying torch lights and put on fireworks shows. |
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| 1860 Lincoln Wide Awake images. The Wide Awakes wore uniforms (the capes were to protect their clothes from dripping oil from the torch lights and gave them a military-like look) and they marched in parades carrying torch lights. |
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| President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising the flag in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia in honor of admission of Kansas to the Union, February 22, 1861. Frederick De Bourg Richards claimed to be the photographer. There are 3 known views of this event. Albumen photo on orig'l titled mount issued by T. S. Hacker of Philadelphia in 1865. Hacker may have actually taken the photograph. |
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| A close-up of the above photo showing Lincoln looking left and down and to his left and below, Tad Lincoln. In restudying this photo, I think Lincoln is the tallest fellow, looking towards the camera, and about an inch to the left. |
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Frederick De Bourg Richards claimed to be the photographer.
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I find it fascinating that numerous artists have painted Lincoln and when they have tried to use an original approach (as opposed to trying to paint directly from a photograph), they have all come up with a different look for Lincoln. Each painting is easily identified as Lincoln, but each image is unique.
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A small oil painting on ivory of Abraham Lincoln done in 1865. Lincoln was a favorite subject for these paintings on ivory. They are very hard to find now. This was painted by Peter Kramer.
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Another small oil on ivory of Abraham Lincoln by DiHale. It is 3.25 inches tall.
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A small (3.5 inches tall) painting by T. Hicks of Abraham Lincoln. This is the Thomas Hicks (1823-1890) whose cousin, Edward Hicks, painted "The Peaceable Kingdom" which were so popular in the mid-1800s. Thomas trained in Edward's sign and coach painting shop c. 1836-38. Thomas Hicks was also known for his portraits, many of which depicted celebrities, including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Charles Dickens.
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Another small oil on ivory of Lincoln in a bone and satinwood frame. The painting is 3.25 inches tall.
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Another small oil on ivory. The painting is 3.5 inches tall.
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| A cabinet card (1880s) photo of an ambrotype of Lincoln taken by T.P. Pearson on August 26, 1858 in Macomb, Illinois. | A large salt print (1850-1860) photo of Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln's first vice-president, probably taken about 1859. |
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A pair of rare Kellogg hand-colored prints of a standing Lincoln. The earlier print had Lincoln
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beardless. To make the print more saleable, now that Lincoln had a beard, Kellogg had his lithographer add a beard.
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| Two CDVs of John Wilkes Booth and his Conspirators and an original 1863 broadside advertising that J. Wilkes Booth would be starring in a play called the "Corsican Brothers". |
I hope to keep expanding these pages and would love to hear from everyone who visits, what you thought of my approach to Lincoln.
Regards, Stuart Schneider
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