Last known picture of Abraham Lincoln

[RJNorton]

(09-29-2014 07:35 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  Didn't Nicolay and Hay in one of their books state that the last photos of Lincoln were taken in March, 1865? I don't have any copies so I can't check. That doesn't illuminate us on how or why the Gardner photo was previously dated April 10, but it would narrow the time of Gardner's session to before early March. This would then be consistent with the February 1865 dating.

Scott, yes, the March 6 date was in the 1894 Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. Also, portrait painter Matthew Wilson's diary states that the Gardner photographs were made on February 5, 1865, not April 10th.

Still, the original source of the April 10th misinformation remains a mystery.