Who is this lady?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint #3: Lincoln met her the first time when they were boarding at the same boardinghouse.

[L Verge]

OK, guys, who were the tenants at Mrs. Spriggs's house?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Sorry, guys, er, Laurie, it wasn't at Mrs Spriggs'. It was earlier.

[J. Beckert]

The Globe Tavern era?

[L Verge]

The Globe was my first thought, then I went with Spriggs because he was there much of the time by himself.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Earlier. But Laurie, you are correct, he was much of the time by himself, that's how he got to know to her. And I'm sure you'll all know her name, too.

[J. Beckert]

Speed's wife?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Sorry, Joe, not Speed's wife either. (Just to remember: she was a lawyer's wife.)
Hint #4: Think of Mary Owens.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint#5: A.Lincoln corresponded with her.

[RJNorton]

In 1838 Lincoln wrote a letter to Mrs. Browning in which he said, "Others have been made fools of by the girls; but this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance, made a fool of myself. I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying; and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with any one who would be block-head enough to have me."

So I am thinking Mrs. Orville Browning?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Very good, Roger, it's Eliza Caldwell Browning. They boarded together in Vandalia in 1836. A. Lincoln had known her husband from the Black Hawk War. And Orville Browning indeed became a cabinet member in Johnson's cabinet, he succeeded James Harlan.

Lacking the lots of (19th century slang) "coach wheels" you win my best wishes for a wonderful weekend (especially for all the good things money can't buy).

[Eva Elisabeth]

Who is this lady and how is she linked to Lincoln?
   

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint#1: This is a part of a larger image done by her husband.

Hint #2: This was her husband in 1939:
   

[Gene C]

Can't say I recognize her

[RJNorton]

The man looks like Salvador Dali, but I do not who the lady is or how she is linked to Lincoln.