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What looks like Abraham Lincoln’s last photo before his assassination taken in front of the white house was discovered.It might be the only photo of Abraham Lincoln in front of the white house thus, making it rare. The photograph was found in an album owned by Ulysses S Grant. His Great-Great Grandson Ulysses S Grant VI had seen this photo before but only examined it in January. He noticed a tall figure, Lincoln was 6’4. He then called Keya Morgan an expert in Lincoln Photographs and Kenya confirmed that Indeed,  it was Abraham Lincoln. He looked in the back of the photo for an inscription and he found one that said ” Lincoln in front of the white house, accompanied was the date March 1865. The seal of the photographer Henry F. Warren was also in back of the photo.

Apparently, warren  staged the first act of “paparazzi photography” because he was desperate to take pictures of Lincoln. “He first took photos of the presidents son Tad on his pony”. The next day Warren asked Tad to “Summon” his father . “Warren was already set up to take the photo outside the White House, and that Lincoln gave him access afterward to take two more portraits on the White House balcony.”

Morgan purchased the photo for 50,000.00

When William Stapp, a former curator who now appraises fine art and photographs, was asked about the photograph, he said “It looks to me like Lincoln’s physique,” he said. “I can see his hairline. I can see the shadow of his beard.”

Check out the photo below.

Photo credit: LincolnImages.com Kenya Morgan Gallery

Photo credit: LincolnImages.com Kenya Morgan Gallery

(Source: Citabria Stevens, Cnn. AP, Nytimes.)

~ by sweetreviewer on March 11, 2009.

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