#12 Abraham Lincoln 1860 Silver Print. From Original negative

  

#12 1860 Silver Portrait of Abraham Lincoln - From the Original Alexander Hesler Negative. Own a tangible piece of American history with this authentic silver photographic print (3" X 43/8") of Abraham Lincoln, taken from the original 1860 Alexander Hesler negative. This distinguished portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken in 1860 s hortly after Lincoln's nomination at the Chicago Wigwam by renowned Chicago photographer Alexander Hesler, captures Lincoln at age 51, shortly after attending the Republican National Convention at the Chicago Wigwam.

The image offered here is reduced from a print made from Hesler's original glass plate negative, celebrated for its clarity and depth. Hesler's 1860 sitting produced the most iconic beardless likeness of Lincoln - a study in character and resolve in quiet strength and conviction that Lincoln himself praised as the best likeness of me ever taken.

This portrait is among the most historically significant pre-presidential images of Lincoln. Prints from Hesler's 1860 negative are prized by collectors of Civil War era photography, political Americana, and presidential portraiture. A centerpiece for any serious Lincoln collection.