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for Abraham Lincoln, Republican Candidate for Sixteenth President of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln, Republican Candidate for Sixteenth President of the United States.
Date1859-1860
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/8 x 8 3/16in. (28.3 x 20.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm)
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 left hand. His body is turned slightly to the right. A column is in the right background. Drapery with two tassels is in the left background.
Object number1950.202.58
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "ABRAHAM LINCOLN, / Republican candidate for / Sixteenth President of the United States." Lower right, in pencil, "9 - 12 5/8".On verso, in pencil: upper left, "Print / Box 5 / #11"; lower right, "consv CPC 1987 / Dwr 56" "S. St. J. Morgan" and accession number.
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- Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
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