Thomas Lincoln

[Eva Elisabeth]

Found it here:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93500172/
The title just says: "Thomas Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing slightly right", no reference to A. L. Could this have been another Thomas Lincoln than A. L.'s father?

Also as the date created/published is estimated as between 1860-1880, but A. L.'s father died on Jan.17, 1851.

Well, "created/published" does on the other hand not mean "taken".

However, A. L.'s father was 73 when he died, and the upper photo was taken ca. in 1850:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008680251/
The Thomas Lincoln in the questionable photo looks like a man around fifty to me, not older. Thus the photo must have been taken in ca.1830.

Wiki says: "The daguerreotype process, introduced in 1839, was the first publicly announced photographic process and the first to come into widespread use."

Your thoughts?