Mr. Lincoln sits for his portrait : the story of a photograph that became an American icon / Leonard S. Marcus.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374303488
- ISBN: 0374303487
- Physical Description: 115 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 10-12 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers Grades 4-6 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers |
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Genre: | Informational works. Biographies. |
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Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait : The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon
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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 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.