Object Details
Artist
George Clark, active 1853 - 1860
Copy after
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896
Sitter
Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
Exhibition Label
Born Hardin County, Kentucky
Mathew Brady’s first portrait of Abraham Lincoln played a significant role in shaping Lincoln’s public image during the 1860 presidential campaign. Taken on February 27, 1860—the day Lincoln delivered his stirring address on slavery at the Cooper Union in New York— the photograph revealed a candidate whose dignified bearing stood in sharp contrast to the unflattering characterizations spread by his detractors. The portrait circulated in a variety of formats, including this broochlike campaign pin, made by the Boston photographer George Clark, who had copied Brady’s original print.
Nacido en el condado de Hardin, Kentucky
El primer retrato de Abraham Lincoln tomado por Matthew Brady tuvo un papel significativo en la imagen pública de Lincoln durante la campaña presidencial de 1860. Tomada el 27 de febrero de 1860 (el día que Lincoln pronunció su emocionante discurso sobre la esclavitud en la Cooper Union en Nueva York), esta fotografía revela a un candidato cuyo porte digno contrasta marcadamente con las imágenes poco halagadoras que difundían sus detractores. El retrato circuló en varios formatos, incluido este botón de campaña realizado por el fotógrafo bostoniano George Clark, que había copiado la foto original de Brady.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Date
1860
Object number
NPG.2007.194
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Photograph
Medium
Ambrotype campaign pin
Dimensions
Image: 4.8 x 3.5cm (1 7/8 x 1 3/8")
Mount: 6.4 x 5.3cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/16")
Case: 6.4 x 5.4cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/8")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Cased object
Abraham Lincoln: Male
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Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\State Senator\Illinois
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
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Portrait
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npg_NPG.2007.194