Abraham Lincoln
Based on a photograph of Lincoln who sits in chair, facing right. He wears a long, loose coat and black bow tie, his left arm rests on a table next to his upturned hat, and his curled left hand rests on his leg.
Artwork Details
- Title: Abraham Lincoln
- Engraver: Timothy Cole (American, London 1852–1931 Poughkeepsie, New York)
- Artist: After Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)
- Publisher: Arthur H. Harlow (New York)
- Sitter: Abraham Lincoln (American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.)
- Date: 1919
- Medium: Wood engraving on Japan paper
- Dimensions: Image: 10 1/16 × 7 3/16 in. (25.6 × 18.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 5/8 × 11 5/8 in. (37.2 × 29.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.1721
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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