pegkerr posted in Twitter about the newly-discovered earliest known Lincoln portrait. It was published as "Portrait of a Young Man" at one time.
He's rather startlingly good-looking, at the age he was in the daguerrotype. I'd date him.
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Earliest Known Lincoln Portrait
I saw a show on the History Channel where they talked about that picture. They did a facial comparison to find out if it was really Lincoln, since it didn't have a name on it. I thought the methods they used to varify it were really fascinating. |