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Publisher Currier & Ives American
Subject Abraham Lincoln American
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Title: Franklin's Experiment, June 1752 – Demonstrating the identity of Lightning and Electricity, from which he invented the Lightning Rod
Publisher:
Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
Subject:
Abraham Lincoln (American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.)
Date: 1876
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions:
Image: 8 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (21.3 × 31.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 5/8 in. (33.3 × 44.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of A. S. Colgate. 1962
Object Number: 63.550.329
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