Tintype of Abraham Lincoln, Made from an Earlier Portrait Taken about 1858-1860
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This tintype portrait of Abraham Lincoln was probably copied from a readily available presidential campaign button for the 1860 Republican Party candidate. The campaign button itself was a copy of an 1858 ambrotype portrait taken by Roderick M. Cole, of Peoria, Illinois. The City Art Gallery of Moawequa, Illinois, may have made this copy tintype to honor President Lincoln during his life time or after his death.
This tintype portrait of Abraham Lincoln was probably copied from a readily available presidential campaign button for the 1860 Republican Party candidate. The campaign button itself was a copy of an 1858 ambrotype portrait taken by Roderick M. Cole, of Peoria, Illinois. The City Art Gallery of Moawequa, Illinois, may have made this copy tintype to honor President Lincoln during his life time or after his death.
Artifact
Tintype (Photograph)
Date Made
1860-1870
Subject Date
1858-1860
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Moawequa
Creator Notes
Tintype made by City Art Gallery of Moawequa, Illinois from an earlier ambrotype. The original photographer is unidentified.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All
Object ID
30.335.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles Spangler
Material
Collodion
Iron (Metal)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Direct positive processes
Embossing (Technique)
Japanning
Color
Black (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 3.875 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front beneath image on paper holder: City Art Gallery,/ Moawequa, Ill.
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