Abraham Lincoln, Photograph taken April 9, 1865, description by Thomas B. Mosher from Memories of President Lincoln by Walt Whitman, from The Bibelot, Thomas B. Mosher, editor, Volume X, Number VIII, a reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known, Swinburne, rare poetry, rare prose, free online text, e-book, 20th century English literature, online text, free e-book, on www.elfinspell.com (Bibelot10WhitmanPic)

From The Bibelot, A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known, Volume X, Testimonial Edition, Edited and Originally Published by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine; Wm. Wise & Co.; New York; 1904; p. 230+.

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Abraham Lincoln

From his last photograph taken April 9, 1865

In his “greatest of all dirges,” Walt Whitman paid the memory of the Great Emancipator one of the immortal tributes of literature. There is no record of the poet and the President ever meeting, though they were contemporary residents of Washington. The poem glorifies the spirit of Lincoln, and something of it is reflected in his face as he thus looked on the day of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. This negative, reproduced by courtesy of Robert Bruce, shows President Lincoln holding a pencil that he was sharpening for his son Tad.

VIII. MEMORIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN BY WALT WHITMAN.

Abraham Lincoln

From his last photograph taken April 9, 1865

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