Keywords: Lincoln O-16 by Fassett , 1859, LC-USZ62-11492.png Of the many pre-presidential photographs of Abraham Lincoln Mrs Lincoln considered this image taken in Chicago by Samuel M Fassett on October 4 1859 to have been the best likeness she had seen of her husband 1859-10-4 photograph object history exhibition history credit line O-16 M-8 accession number Institution Library of Congress <gallery>File Lincoln O-16 by Fassett 1859 jpg</gallery> Retouched picture cropped border minor repairs to egdes scewing http //www loc gov/pictures/item/2009630657/ LOC-image cph 3a13881 PD-Art Abraham Lincoln in 1859 1859 portrait photographs |