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Taken during President-elect Lincoln's first sitting in Washington, D.C., the day after his arrival by train. [72] March 1, 1861 and June 30, 1861 (between) unknown unknown Salt print from the lost original negative [73] Christie's: The first photographic image of the new president.
Barack Obama was the first president to have his portrait taken with a digital camera in January 2009 by Pete Souza, the then–official White House photographer, [23] using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. [citation needed] Obama was also the first president to have 3D portraits taken, which were displayed in the Smithsonian Castle in December 2014. [24]
The first color photograph made by the three-color method suggested by James Clerk Maxwell in 1855, taken in 1861 by Thomas Sutton. The subject is a colored ribbon, usually described as a tartan ribbon. Color photography is photography that uses media capable of capturing and reproducing colors.
First Capitol Inauguration, 1829: 1974 Allyn Cox "Cox Corridors", U.S. Capitol Building: Oil on canvas [103] First Cornerstone: 1793 Caleb Bentley: United States Capitol: Marble [104] First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln: 1864 Francis Bicknell Carpenter: United States Capitol: Oil on canvas [105] First Library of ...
She is the first person of color to serve in the position. Before coming to the ALPLM, she headed the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the State of Arkansas's African-American culture and history museum. [21] [29] [19] As first lady of Illinois, Lura Lynn Ryan became a major fundraiser and the library's first chairwoman. She launched the ...
Abraham Lincoln is a 2004 oil-on-canvas portrait painting by Ned Bittinger of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. The portrait is in the collection of the United States House of Representatives and depicts a young Lincoln when he served his single term in Congress, it hangs in the United States Capitol. [1] [2] [3]
In March 2019, there was a Lincoln Center Theater gala production of Camelot starring Lin-Manuel Miranda as Arthur, Solea Pfeiffer as Guenevere, Jordan Donica as Lancelot, Ethan Slater as Mordred, Danny Burstein as Pellinore, Dakin Matthews as Merlyn, and Ruthie Ann Miles as Nimue. [39]
Abraham Lincoln is an 1869 oil-on-canvas painting by George Peter Alexander Healy of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. In the painting, a contemplative Lincoln is observed alone, leaning forward in a chair, with his elbow on his knee and his head resting on his hand. [ 1 ]