Excerpt from Artists of Abraham Lincoln Portraits, William Marshall: Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources, From the Files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Robert T. Lincoln, in testifying to the faithfulness of e artist's delineation, wrote that he could have suggested improvement in the likeness, and Lincoln's friends, cabinet ficials, and his old law partners were unanimous in their )proval of the Photographic accuracy.of Marshallfs study of is dead President. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Artists of Abraham Lincoln Portraits: Freeman Thorp; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources The sketch was made by Colonel Freeman Thorp who commanded an Ohio regiment during the Civil war and was present at the dedicatory ceremonies at Gettysburg. The sketch was made at that time and was subsequently used as a model for several paintings of the martyred President, one of which hangs in the front lobby of the United States Senate. Congress recognized Colonel Thorp as an outstanding artist back in the '7os when it arranged for a small studio for his use on the roof of the Capitol, during which time he painted a portrait of hr. Garfield. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book features more than 150 rare Lincoln images and artifact photos from the collection of the Indiana Hystorical Society. The collection includes contemporary and later images of Lincoln with his family, generals, and cabinet members. Also included are political cartoons, illustrated sheet music, book and newspaper illustrations, and the original carte-de-visite photographs of conspirators John Wilkes Boothe, David Herold, and John Surratt. The centerpiece of this collection is the original collodion wet-plate negative of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. It is one of the best-known photographs of Lincoln and was used as the model for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.