Abraham Lincoln.
Date1860-1865
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/4 x 8 1/4in. (28.6 x 21cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 15/16 x 10 1/16in. (35.4 x 25.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 15/16 x 10 1/16in. (35.4 x 25.6cm)
Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan
DescriptionThree-quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a coat, vest, pants, shirt, and necktie. He is seated in an armchair with a carved wooden back and holds two sheets of paper, apparently a speech or letter, in his right hand. His body is turned slightly to the left. A column is in the left background. Drapery with two tassels is in the right background.
Object number1950.202.60
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "ABRAHAM LINCOLN. / Sixteenth President of the United States."On verso, upper left, in red ink, "870" In pencil: "H 187H SK" "7 #7"; lower right, "Dwr 7" "S. St. J. Morgan" "consv CPC 1987" and accession number.
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- Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
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