Portraits of Lincoln the lawyer in all Illinois courthouses

[David Lockmiller]

The Illinois State Historical Society will be putting 30 X 40 inch framed canvas portraits of Lincoln in every one of the 102 county courthouses in the state of Illinois for the 200th birthday of Illinois. The photograph was taken on June 3, 1860 of a beardless Lincoln by renowned Chicago photographer Alexander Hesler. I think that it is an appropriate selection of photographs since this date was at the end of Lincoln’s career as a lawyer in Illinois.