<p><b>Description</b>:  ?I never saw a more dignified face. . . "
</p><p>German sociologist Max Weber defined a charismatic leader as someone ?endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or . . . exceptional . . . qualities.?
Lincoln had that elusive quality of charisma, which caused Americans to look beyond appearance to the essence of the man himself. The wit and social commentator David Ross Locke met Lincoln and said,  ?I never saw a more thoughtful face. I never saw a more dignified face.?
</p><p><b>Creator/Photographer</b>: William Judkins Thomson
</p><p><b>Medium</b>: Ambrotype
</p><p><b>Dimensions</b>: 12.7 cm x 9.5 cm 
</p><p><b>Date</b>: 11 October 1858
</p><p><b>Note</b>: O-11; M-13
</p><p><b>Persistent URL</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://npgportraits.si.edu/eMuseumNPG/code/emuseum.asp?rawsearch=ObjectID/,/is/,/28383/,/false/,/false&amp;newprofile=CAP&amp;newstyle=single">[1]</a>
</p><p><b>Repository</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://npgportraits.si.edu/eMuseumNPG/code/emuseum.asp?newpage=NPG">National Portrait Gallery</a>
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<b>Accession number</b>: NPG.82.52
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/25053835@N03">Smithsonian Institution</a> from United States
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