Abraham Lincoln.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by George Whiting American, 1820 - 1862

After a work byAfter a photograph by William Marsh

Date1860-1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 5/8in. (30.2 x 21.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 7/8 x 57 3/16in. (35.2 x 145.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionThree-quarter-length portrait of a bearded man wearing a coat, vest, shirt, and necktie. His left hand rests on the spine of a book that rests on a table covered with a tablecloth. An upholstered armchair and a fluted column on a high base are at the left. Cord is wrapped around the top of the column, and a tassel hangs at the right. Drapery is in the left background, and a paneled wall is in the right background.

Object number1950.202.62

InscribedOn recto, lithographed beneath image, "'The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both Congresses and Courts, not to over-throw / the Constitution, but to over-throw the men who pervert that Constitution.' / [facsimile signature] A. Lincoln / This picture is a good likeness / of the Original. [facsimile signatures] E.S. Cleveland / Hartford, Conn. / Philip Wadsworth / Chicago Illo."

On verso, in pencil: upper left, "Print / Box 5 / #8", lower right, "S [in circle]" "S. St. J. Morgan" "8 x 13 7/8 / 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 [line] / 12 7/8 x 17 3/8" "consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 56" and accession number. In red ink, "872".

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