1846-7.Daguerrotype

Earliest Known Picture of Abraham Lincoln, 1846 or 1847 (This quarter plate daguerreotype is the earliest known picture of Abraham Lincoln. It was taken when he was 37 or 38, a frontier lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, and Congressman-elect from Illinois.

Image from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.)

This quarter plate daguerreotype is the earliest known picture of Abraham Lincoln. It was taken when he was 37 or 38, a frontier lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, and Congressman-elect from Illinois.

Image from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.