I'm not done editing the Lincoln ms (no such luck)---but I did finish requesting its illustrations today, including this one of Lincoln with his pet son, Tad (for Tadople; he was a wriggler), from the president's last ever photo shoot.
Isn't it riveting?--the man is more worn than the toes of his boots--he barely looks like he's the same species as the boy.
According to the Library of Congress notes, this is one of five photographs from Lincoln's last studio sitting, taken by Alexander Gardner on February 5, 1865.
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln to death two months later, on April 14. Lincoln was fifty-six (only two years older than me...).
Tad was born April 4 (an Aries, no wonder he wriggled!), 1853, so he's evelen, almost twelve, here. He would die six years later of heart or lung disease, aged eighteen.
Isn't it riveting?--the man is more worn than the toes of his boots--he barely looks like he's the same species as the boy.
According to the Library of Congress notes, this is one of five photographs from Lincoln's last studio sitting, taken by Alexander Gardner on February 5, 1865.
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln to death two months later, on April 14. Lincoln was fifty-six (only two years older than me...).
Tad was born April 4 (an Aries, no wonder he wriggled!), 1853, so he's evelen, almost twelve, here. He would die six years later of heart or lung disease, aged eighteen.
