Are we there yet? All the puzzle pieces are here: a 2” miniature portrait on ivory dated circa 1840-1842, discovered alongside a letter detailing the owner’s familial ties to Mary Todd Lincoln. This portrait’s distinctive features echo President Lincoln’s unique facial asymmetry. However, despite intensive investigation, no historical document has been found to definitively link this miniature to Lincoln. This research aims to bridge art and science to determine whether this painting represents the earliest image of Abraham Lincoln, potentially opening avenues for future collaborations in identifying historical faces from the past. A key contributor to this effort is Dr. David Stork, an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and a leading expert in computer-based image analysis. Dr. Stork holds 64 U.S. patents and has authored over 220 peer-reviewed publications in fields such as machine learning, pattern recognition, computational optics, and the image analysis of art. His recent book, Pixels and Paintings: Foundations of Computer-Assisted Connoisseurship1, fosters a dialogue between art scholars and the computer vision community.