Seed Pearl Necklace and Bracelets

[L Verge]

(06-03-2019 08:32 AM)L Verge Wrote:  

(06-03-2019 01:00 AM)Steve Wrote:  Here's a comparison of the woman with Mary (although Mary's dag on the right dates from a decade earlier based on the other woman's clothing). Just study the couple's faces and compare them to the known images. Where's the resemblance at all to either of the Lincolns?

And, referring to your claim that Mary Lincoln had a noticeable scar on her forehead, I contacted one of the best known authors in the field who specializes in the history of Mrs. Lincoln. Here is the reply: "The daguerreotype is so obviously not Abraham and Mary Lincoln I don't even know what to say... In reading (literally) everything ever written by and about Mary Lincoln... , I can tell you I have never heard mention of a scar on her forehead. If there was a scar, I agree with you that one or more reporters would have written about it, some DC socialite who hated Mary would have written it in a later memoir, and Mary herself definitely would have complained about it in her own letters."

And, adding to the comments regarding the watch chain, an eminent authority on the Lincolns, just sent this to me, "Besides, Lincoln didn’t own a watch chain like that until he got one from the great northwestern sanitary fair women in ... late 63 or early 64." (James - Please note that this is a good example of a documented citation.)

And this from an expert in the field of photographic history: "So wrong on every level. ... It would be amusing to see how they arrived at the date. Neither look anything like Abe or Mary. Just another of the countless spurious images of 'Lincoln.'"