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Tintype of Abraham Lincoln, Made from an Earlier Portrait Taken about 1858-1860
This tintype portrait of Abraham Lincoln was probably copied from a readily-available presidential campaign button for the 1860 Republican Party candidate. The campaign button itself was a copy of an 1858 ambrotype portrait taken by Roderick M. Cole, of Peoria, Illinois. The City Art Gallery of Moawequa, Illinois, may have made this copy tintype to honor President Lincoln during his life time or after his death. |