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File:Abraham Lincoln O-77 negative by Gardner, 1863.png

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English: Circa 1864 contemporaneous wet-plate collodion glass negative of the original Alexander Gardner wet-plate collodion portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on Nov. 8, 1863, most likely made by Moses P. Rice, one of Gardner’s studio photographers. Lincoln sat for this photograph just 11 days before delivering the Gettysburg Address. It is one of the best-known photographs of Lincoln and was used by sculptor Daniel Chester French as the model for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Source Indiana Historical Society
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Alexander Gardner  (1821–1882)  wikidata:Q661176
 
Alexander Gardner
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Alex. Gardner; A. Gardner; Alexander Gardiner
Description Scottish photographer and war photographer
Date of birth/death 17 October 1821 Edit this at Wikidata 10 December 1882 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paisley Washington, D.C.
Work period 1856-1871
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Washington, D.C.; United Kingdom; Kansas; Mississippi; Missouri; New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q661176
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