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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07088.01 Author/Creator: German, Christopher S. (fl. 1858) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 23 September 1858 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.9 x 9.4 cm. Order a Copy

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.

The only other daguerreotype of this portrait is in the Library of Congress. This image was given by Lincoln to Harriet Chapman, daughter of Lincoln's cousin Dennis Hanks.

German, Christopher S., fl. 1858
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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