Presidents Buchanan and Lincoln Entering the Senate Chamber Before the Inauguration (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, p. 165)
Artwork Details
- Title: Presidents Buchanan and Lincoln Entering the Senate Chamber Before the Inauguration (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, p. 165)
- Artist: Designed and engraved by Anonymous, American, 19th century
- Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine)
- Publisher: Harper's Weekly (American, 1857–1916)
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers (American, New York)
- Sitter: Abraham Lincoln (American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.)
- Sitter: James Buchanan, Jr. (American, 1791–1868)
- Date: March 16, 1861
- Medium: Wood engraving
- Dimensions: sheet: 16 1/8 x 11 7/16 in. (41 x 29 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
- Object Number: 29.88.1(9)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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