Abraham Lincoln
Calverley, known for his incisive portrait medallions of prominent Americans, cast this bust-length profile medallion of Lincoln in 1898. Calverley reworked it from an earlier rectangular version of 1868, completed three years after the president’s assassination. It was exhibited at the Union League Club of New York in 1869 (private collection).
Artwork Details
- Title: Abraham Lincoln
- Artist: Charles Calverley (American, Albany, New York 1833–1914 Essex Fells, New Jersey)
- Date: 1898
- Culture: American
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Diameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
- Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 2013
- Object Number: 2013.494
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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