Mr. Lincoln sits for his portrait : the story of a photograph that became an American icon / Leonard S. Marcus.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 115 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374303488
- 0374303487
- Mister Lincoln sits for his portrait
- Story of a photograph that became an American icon
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 973.7 M322 | Available | 33111011047525 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 973.7 M322 | Available | 33111010953061 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait is a unique middle-grade depiction of America's sixteenth president, through the story of one famous photograph, written by award-winning author Leonard S. Marcus.
On February 9, 1864, Abraham Lincoln made the mile-long walk from the Executive Mansion to photographer Mathew Brady's Washington, DC, studio, to be joined there later by his ten-year-old son, Tad. With a fractious re-election campaign looming that year, America's first media-savvy president was intent on securing another portrait that cast him in a favorable light, as he prepared to make the case for himself to a nation weary of war.
At least four iconic pictures were made that day. One was Lincoln in profile, the image that later found its way onto the penny; two more would be adapted for the 1928 and 2008 five-dollar bills. The fourth was a dual portrait of Lincoln and Tad. The pose, featuring Lincoln reading to his son, was a last-minute improvisation, but the image that came of it was--and remains--incomparably tender and enduringly powerful.
Immediately after the president's murder the following year, the picture of Lincoln reading to his son became a mass-produced icon--a cherished portrait of a nation's fallen leader, a disarmingly intimate record of a care-worn father's feeling for his child, and a timeless comment on books as a binding force between generations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99) and index.
Rider in the Woods -- A Face to the World -- The Future in Focus -- City Under Construction -- The Artist in the White House -- February 9th : The President's Morning -- February 9th : The President's Afternoon -- Images on the March -- Afterglow.
"A middle-grade nonfiction book about one of America's most historically resonant images, the circumstances surrounding its creation, and the larger story it tells about Abraham Lincoln's life"-- Provided by publisher.
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