Object Details
- Artist
- Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896
- Sitter
- Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
- Exhibition Label
- This photograph played a significant role in shaping the public image of Republican hopeful
- Abraham Lincoln during the 1860 presidential campaign. Taken at Brady’s New York gallery on February 27, the carefully crafted portrait revealed a candidate whose dignified bearing stood in sharp contrast to the unflattering characterizations circulated by his detractors.
- Brady photographed Lincoln using a large-format glass-plate negative, from which a salted-paper print was made. That print was retouched by one of Brady’s artists to produce a more pleasing image and then rephotographed. The resulting copy negative yielded prints such as this one, which reflected the retoucher’s enhancements.
- Esta fotografía tuvo un papel significativo en la creación de la imagen pública del candidato republicano Abraham Lincoln durante la campaña presidencial de 1860. Fue tomada en la galería de Brady en New York el 27 de febrero, y es una obra cuidadosamente elaborada que nos revela a un personaje cuyo porte distinguido y solemne contrasta drásticamente con las imágenes poco favorecedoras que difundían sus detractores.
- Para fotografiar a Lincoln, Brady utilizó un negativo de vidrio en gran formato, del cual se hizo una impresión en papel a la sal. Uno de los artistas empleados por Brady retocó la impresión para producir una imagen más agradable que luego se volvió a fotografiar. Con el negativo resultante de esa segunda foto se hicieron copias que plasmaban las mejoras del retocador, como la que vemos aquí.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Alan and Lois Fern Acquisition Fund
- 1860
- Object number
- NPG.2011.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.5 × 14.5cm (7 11/16 × 5 11/16")
- Mount: 34.2 × 26.8cm (13 7/16 × 10 9/16")
- Mat: 45.7 × 35.6cm (18 × 14")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Abraham Lincoln: Male
- Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\President of US
- Abraham Lincoln: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Environmentalist
- Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Illinois
- 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
- Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Boat builder
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2011.15
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm42665f4c6-ee7d-4581-93ef-942ed545451c
