It “presents a real likeness of the man ... The National Portrait Gallery unveiled a rare portrait of President Abraham Lincoln on Friday, ahead of Lincoln’s 214th birthday.

(RELATED: No, Trump Did Not Refer To Nikola Tesla As A ‘Modern-Day Isaac Neutron’) “This isn’t real. The portrait of Abraham Lincoln was not replaced. This photograph was taken by Shuran ...

In fact many of Mr. LINCOLN's friends, both in Washington and elsewhere, to whom this likeness has been submitted, pronounce it the most satisfactory portrait of our late President that has been ...

Based upon the famous photograph of Abraham Lincoln by Mathew ... well-respected artists have painted Lincoln, few works were created during his lifetime, and even fewer by the hand of a black artist.

But images have been doctored for literally hundreds of years – including one of the most iconic portraits of Abraham Lincoln ... John C Calhoun portrait morphed into a Lincoln portrait ...

Looking at a picture of Abraham Lincoln in October ... most important speech of his life to date, Lincoln also went to Mathew Brady’s studio for a portrait. The resulting photograph—by Brady ...

REV. AND DEAR SIR: Your favor of the 17th is received. You request me to inform you what I know personally of Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, first, as to his intellectual capacity; second, his consistency ...