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Abraham Lincoln, Republican Candidate for Sixteenth President of the United States.
Image Not Available for Abraham Lincoln, Republican Candidate for Sixteenth President of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln, Republican Candidate for Sixteenth President of the United States.

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
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)
ClassificationsGraphics
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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