03036cam a2200373 i 4500 614840809 TxAuBib 20230221120000.0 220422s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022013851 9780374303488 HRD 19.99 0374303487 HRD 19.99 TxAuBib rda Marcus, Leonard S., 1950-, author. Mr. Lincoln sits for his portrait [BOOK] : the story of a photograph that became an American icon / Leonard S. Marcus. Mister Lincoln sits for his portrait. First edition. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023. 115 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-103) 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. 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. Provided by publisher. Ages 10-12 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. Grades 4-6 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. 20230221. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Juvenile literature. Presidents Juvenile literature. Portrait photography United States History 19th century Juvenile literature. United States Politics and government 1861-1865 Juvenile literature. Biographies for children.