Wikipedia says: Peoria, Illinois. 1858. Lincoln liked this image and often signed photographic prints for admirers. In fact, in 1861, he even gave a copy to his stepmother. The image was extensively employed on campaign ribbons in the 1860 Presidential campaign.
Wikipedia also says: “…the Photo you have of Abraham Lincoln is a copy of a Daguerreotype, that I made in my gallery in this city [Peoria] during the Lincoln and Douglas campaign. I invited him to my gallery to give me a sitting…and when I had my plate ready, he said to me, ‘I cannot see why all you artists want a likeness of me unless it is because I am the homeliest man in the State of Illinois.'”
?R.M. Cole, July 3, 1905 letter to David McCulloch
Also sometimes attributed to Preston Butler.
Original in Benjamin Shapell Family Manuscript Foundation collection.
Ostendorf, no. 14
Meserve, no. 14, 15
