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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln–Canceled plate

Patron The Bibliophile Society American
Sitter Abraham Lincoln American
1907
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln–Canceled plate
  • Artist: William Harry Warren Bicknell (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1860–1947 Winchester, Massachusetts)
  • Patron: The Bibliophile Society (American, established 1901, active through late 1930s)
  • Sitter: Abraham Lincoln (American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.)
  • Date: 1907
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 12 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (31.5 × 23.5 cm)
    Sheet: 15 5/16 × 11 in. (38.9 × 28 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 41.71.9
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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