Lincoln's Image

Illinois Group

1. Shepherd 1847 of Abe & Mary earliest image
   
2. John Hay image possibly earlier
   
3. Jackson 1854 in Chicago as lawyer
   
4. Hesler 1857 in Chicago
   
5. Fassett 1859 in Chicago
   

1860 Campaign Group

1. Cooper Union by Brady
   
2. prints by Harper's Weekly, Currier & Ives
   
3. Hicks portrait from 2nd Hesler liked by Lincoln
   
4. Barry portrait - "dreamy & melancholy eyes"
   
5. Johnston portrait from C. German photo
   
6. Brown miniature from Butler photo copied by Sartain
   
7. "Nigger in the Woodpile" - Greeley & Lincoln
   
8. "Rail Candidate" cartoon by Currier & Ives
   
9. "Political Quadrille" cartoon
   
10. H. Sadd 1850 group copied with new faces 1860
    

Inauguration Group 1860-61

1. Lincoln's new beard causes demand for images
   
2. prints by Louis Prang, Currier & Ives
   
3. Mary Todd Lincoln
   

Emancipation Group 1863-64

1. Blythe print used symbolic props
   
2. anti-Lincoln prints by Volck, British Punch
   
3. Marchant portrait and Sartain print - shackles, white tie
   
4. Gardner portraits - possible Marfan disease
   
5. Brady studio portrait Nov. 8
   
6. Lincoln at Gettysburg
   
7. Francis Carpenter color mural
   

1864 Campaign Group

1. Brady series Jan. 8, Feb. 9
   
2. Berger photos Feb. 9 - $.01, $5
   
3. Berger photos Feb. 9 - Mt. Rushmore
   
4. Berger photos Feb. 9 - son Tad
   
5. March 4, 1865, inauguration
   

Post-assassination Group

1. Gardner last photo, Prang print
   
2. printmakers added family members - Sartain
   
3. Kurz prints of Lincoln's life - debates, lawyer
   
4. Wiest print shows Lincoln as Washington deified
   
5. Duval lithos used calligraphy to make image
   

Sources:

• Harold Holzer, The Lincoln Image : Abraham Lincoln and the Popular Print , (NY: Scribner, 1984) based on the Gettysburg College 1984 exhibit.
• Lincoln Papers
• Lincoln links
• Doris Kearns Goodwin book and Spielberg movie