ing a good picture ofLincoln. I hope that itwill be not only a char-acteristic likeness but apleasing picture. All thepictures that have yetbeen issued leave an un-favorable impression up-on the minds of thespectators. I feel quiteconfident that your pic-ture will be the pictureof the man I I have… … A photograph of the ambrotype believed to have beenmade by C. S. German in Springfield in 1860 (MeserveNo. 9 & Lorant No. 24). This photograph was presentedby Lincoln to Harriet Chapman, Dennis Hanks daughter,with the statement, This is not a very good-lookingpicture, but it is the best that…
Johnston, T. M. (Thomas Murphy), 1836-1869 · Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 · Presidents in art · Presidents · Painting, American
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