[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Copy of the print by Thomas Doney]
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A copy photograph probably made from the 1860 mezzotint by Thomas Doney, which was based on a photo taken in 1857 by Alexander Hesler.
"A likeness based on Hesler's photograph is Thomas Doney's mezzotint, first published in 1860. On July 30, 1860, Lincoln wrote to Doney and thanked him for a copy of 'the picture (I know not the artistic designation).' Meserve considered it a second pose from the Hesler sitting of 1857." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 257)
Printed on back of mount: W.R. McCormick, with Mrs. W.A. Reed, Quincy, Ill.
Handwritten on back of mount: "1858 & 60; Hon. John H. Nichalay [i.e. Nicolay], Washington, USA; Compliments of K.K. (?) Jones, Quincy, Ill."
Ostendorf, no. 2 (variant)
Meserve, no. 101
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 257.
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