Posted on 05/07/2009 8:39:35 AM PDT by re_tail20
In 1987, Albert Kaplan, who was then living in Paris, sought the opinion of Dr. Claude N. Frechette, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at the American Hospital in Paris, to examine a daguerreotype Kaplan believed was the first known photographic image ever made of the youthful future-president Abraham Lincoln.
As WND reported, Kaplan purchased the daguerreotype in 1977 from a group of 100 being sold by an art gallery on 57th Street in New York City. The sales receipt described the daguerreotype simply as "Portrait of a Young Man."
Frechette presented his findings in a 13-page footnoted forensic report entitled "The Kaplan Daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln." It has been archived on a website Kaplan created for research materials on Lincoln and the daguerreotypes that he has collected over the past three decades.
"The evidence speaks for itself," Frechette concluded after an extensive analysis. "The nature and substantial number of identical characteristics of the man in the Kaplan daguerreotype, and those of Lincoln, tell us profoundly that the young man in the Kaplan daguerreotype is Abraham Lincoln."
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
Close, but no cigar. The facial mole moved from right to left? If they say the picture is just the opposite due to the copy, how do you explain the parted hair?
I believe this image is a daugerreotype. They resulted in a reverse image.
There’s a famous daugerreotype of Mark Twain at age 15 where he’s holding a type stick with his birth name, Sam, in it. The type is reversed — so that it’s readable— because of the reversal.
So that’d explain why Lincoln’s part and mole are on the opposite side
Whoops! Says it’s a daugerreotype in the article. Maybe I should try reading it...
D’oh!
Someone had invented combs before this.
I’m not seeing it, espectially when comparing the two 1840’s pictures. The middle pic, known to be of Lincoln, differs too much from the right hand picture in the size of the nose, the size and position of the ears, and general appearance.
I mean the left hand pic.
There was a long thread about this pic in the early 2000s here. Most felt it wasn’t him, if I recall correctly.
So that’d explain why Lincoln’s part and mole are on the opposite side. ............... Yes, as noted, but did he become a Lefty? All the photos are facing the same way, and the hair parts are the same, but the mole moved, that’s what I was trying to point out. Notice how clear the earliest photo is? I have Civil War tin types and they are not as clear as the earlier model. One of a Confederate drummer boy is on the light side.(NO! DON’T EVEN ASK, ITS NOT FOR SALE.)
I don’t believe it’s him but could be wrong, the nose looks wrong, too bad there’s not more shadow on the first photo to give more detail ...
that third picture is actually Johnny Cash...
One physical feature that does not change with age is the distance between pupils. If you superimpose the Kaplan daguerrotype and the dagerreotype you've called "Meserve #1," so the the eyes fit, none of the other features of the face do.
Of course, your use of measurements is quite effective as well.
LOL...
ha...absolutely NOT Lincoln...not even close IMO...maybe if Lincoln was a meth addict from the time of the likeness taken in the “early 1840’s” to the 1848 likeness..NO WAY...also that particular image seem early 1850’s at the LATEST...also note the high more ful/rounded cheek bones on this ‘mysterious’ man compared to Lincoln. Anyone who believes this is Abe is a fool
Look at the ear set in the first picture. The ears are set much lower in relation to the rest of the face compared to the other two. The lobes are also tighter on the face and the angle of the ears is slightly more horizontal. There also seems to be a more pronounced brow ridge in the last two pictures. I’m not buying it.
that is supposed to say early 1850’s at the EARLIEST not latest
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