Melvin Hale - ArtistLA - President Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln

Photographer: Alexander Hesler, taken in 1860 and published in 1894.

Abraham Lincoln said of this photo, taken of him during his presidential campaign, that "That looks
better and expresses me better than any I have ever seen; if it pleases the people I am satisfied.
"Library of Congress caption information found at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008680972/
Lincoln's hair was black with strands of silvery gray, and his eyes were hazel-gray.



			President Abraham Lincoln Photographer: Alexander Hesler, taken in 1860 and published in 1894.


			Abraham Lincoln said of this photo, taken of him during his presidential campaign, that "That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever seen; if it pleases the people I am satisfied. "Library of Congress caption information found at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008680972/ Lincoln's hair was black with strands of silvery gray, and his eyes were hazel-gray.