Abraham Lincoln
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Aside from the detail in the center of Lincoln\u00e2\u0080\u0099s face, much of the picture appears diffused or out of focus. Deep, dark grooves in Lincoln\u00e2\u0080\u0099s skin may evoke his weariness at the end of the Civil War, but he also exhibits a slight smile\u00e2\u0080\u0094perhaps a sign of relief as the restoration of the Union draws near. Lincoln had looked forward to continuing his presidency but was assassinated only weeks after beginning his second term. At some point, possibly when the glass-plate negative was heated to receive a coat of varnish, a crack appeared in the upper half of Gardner\u00e2\u0080\u0099s plate. He made a single print and then discarded the damaged plate, so only one such portrait exists."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en el condado de Hardin, Kentucky"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "En febrero de 1865, tan solo dos meses antes del asesinato de Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner hizo este retrato \u00e2\u0080\u009cde la placa quebrada\u00e2\u0080\u009d, que hoy se considera una de las fotograf\u00c3\u00adas m\u00c3\u00a1s importantes y evocadoras de la historia estadounidense. Exceptuando los detalles centrales del rostro de Lincoln, que aparecen con gran nitidez, Buena parte de la imagen aparece difusa o desenfocada. Los surcos profundos y oscuros en la piel de Lincoln parecen evocar su fatiga al final de la Guerra Civil, pero al mismo tiempo la leve sonrisa es quiz\u00c3\u00a1s un signo de alivio porque ya estaba cerca la restauraci\u00c3\u00b3n de la Uni\u00c3\u00b3n. Lincoln ten\u00c3\u00ada grandes esperanzas para la continuaci\u00c3\u00b3n de su administraci\u00c3\u00b3n pero fue asesinado apenas unas semanas despu\u00c3\u00a9s de comenzar su segundo t\u00c3\u00a9rmino. En alg\u00c3\u00ban momento, posiblemente al calendar el negativo de vidrio para aplicarle una capa de barniz, apareci\u00c3\u00b3 una grieta en la parte superior de la placa. Gardner hizo una sola impresi\u00c3\u00b3n y enseguida descart\u00c3\u00b3 la placa quebrada, as\u00c3\u00ad que solo existe un retrato de aquel negativo."}, {"label": "Collection Description", "content": "The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the Mathew Brady photography studio in New York City. The collection, which the National Portrait Gallery acquired in 1981, includes portraits of generals, politicians, diplomats, painters, and performers. It also contains depictions of \u00e2\u0080\u009cHuman Curiosities\u00e2\u0080\u009d at P. T. Barnum\u00e2\u0080\u0099s American Museum in New York City, that, although highly exploitative, help to document the historical representations of disability in the United States."}, {"label": "Collection Description", "content": "La Colecci\u00c3\u00b3n Frederick Hill Meserve contiene m\u00c3\u00a1s de 5,000 negativos de retratos de la \u00c3\u00a9poca de la Guerra Civil provenientes del estudio fotogr\u00c3\u00a1fico de Mathew Brady en la ciudad de Nueva York. Adquirida por la National Portrait Gallery en 1981, la colecci\u00c3\u00b3n incluye retratos de militares, pol\u00c3\u00adticos, diplom\u00c3\u00a1ticos y artistas. Tambi\u00c3\u00a9n contiene im\u00c3\u00a1genes de \u00e2\u0080\u009ccuriosidades humanas\u00e2\u0080\u009d exhibidas en el American Museum de P.T. Barnum en Nueva York. 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