Portraits: abe lincoln aging

This series of portraits offer a frightening perspective on the stress of the presidency. I have seen this in our most recent presidents, but none as dramatic as this sequence. The progression between images 5 and 9 should be 50 years rather than 5.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1876750,00.html

It’s difficlt to imagine a more stressful presidential situtation than the country literally fighting itself to stay together.

And losing a son in 1862.