Latest light on Abraham Lincoln : and war-time memories . o find a more inspiringly handsomepicture than this McMasters photograph. It is a face of fault-less structure with animation and high purpose radiating fromevery feature. It has all the beauty of the earlier picture withfar more of character and confidence. Its lines are not deepas in his pictures taken during his Presidency but they forma combination of irresistible charm. It is scarcely less than acruel travesty to speak or think of such a man as ungainly andawkward. The alertness shown in this picture is also seen in thephotograph t
Latest light on Abraham Lincoln : and war-time memories . o find a more inspiringly handsomepicture than this McMasters photograph. It is a face of fault-less structure with animation and high purpose radiating fromevery feature. It has all the beauty of the earlier picture withfar more of character and confidence. Its lines are not deepas in his pictures taken during his Presidency but they forma combination of irresistible charm. It is scarcely less than acruel travesty to speak or think of such a man as ungainly andawkward. The alertness shown in this picture is also seen in thephotograph taken by Hesler in i860 soon after Lincolnsnomination as a candidate for President. The great debateswith Douglas in 1858, the Ohio speeches, the Cooper Instituteaddress and the tour through New England all occurred be-tween the periods when these two pictures were taken and areall written in his features in this Hesler photograph. Thesethree pictures should be grouped with the Volk bust as theyall represent Mr. Lincoln as he appeared when smooth LINCOLNS PERSONAL APPEARANCE 67 There is a striking resemblance between them, their most dis-tinctive agreement being in the impressive and harmoniousbeauty of each one. On the 19th of May, i860, the day succeeding the one onwhich Mr. Lincohi was nominated as a candidate for Presi-dent, Marcus L. Ward, afterward Governor of New Jersey,visited Springfield for the purpose of forming the acquaintanceof the nominee, and while there secured an ambrotype of taken at Mr. Wards request. On the 19th of Decem-ber, 1881, Governor Ward sent that picture to The CenturyCompany for publication in their magazine. In the letterwhich accompanied the picture, Governor Ward said: Noone, I imagine, will fail to recognize in the expression of theface those noble qualities of the man—honesty, gentleness andkind-heartedness—which so endeared him to all who ^« In this picture is one of the best representations we haveof Lincoln
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