German, Christopher S., fl. 1858 [Cased daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln]

GLC07088.01

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GLC#
GLC07088.01
Type
Images
Date
circa 23 September 1858
Author/Creator
German, Christopher S., fl. 1858
Title
[Cased daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 photograph : b&w Height: 11.9 cm, Width: 9.4 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson Lincoln

Quarter-plate daguerreotype by Christopher S. German, probably taken from an albumen on or about 23 September 1858. Original leather case with 2 hooks intact. Three-quarter view of Lincoln, beardless and seated, at the time of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The image, made after an albumen, is reversed. Measurements are for the case. The image is 11 x 8.2 cm.

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