Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon by Marcus, Leonard S.
Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon by Marcus, Leonard S.

Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon

Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait is a unique middle-grade depiction of America's sixteenth president, through the...
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Author: Leonard S. Marcus
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Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon by Marcus, Leonard S.

Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon

$45.28
Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon by Marcus, Leonard S.

Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon

$45.28
Author: Leonard S. Marcus
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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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.

Author: Leonard S. Marcus
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 01/03/2023
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.25w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780374303488
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2022
Booklist 02/01/2023 pg. 53
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