Abraham Lincoln

Art

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Abraham Lincoln

Entry/Object ID

1993.834

Description

Portrait, bust pose of Abraham Lincoln. Dark hair with beard. White shirt with black jacket and cravat. In oval mat with gold trim and buttons, Rectangular wooden frame. Sunburst motif at each corner and scroll pattern along inside edge. On back of frame, "warranteed Oil colors; entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by E.C. Middleton, in the clerks office of the District court for the Southern District of Ohio Cincinnati."

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, glass, wood metal

Made/Created

Date made

1865

Notes

Creation Date: 1865

Dimensions

Height

28-1/4 in

Width

28-1/4 in

Depth

7/8 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Germantown Crier Indes- five references PA Magazine of History and Biography- v.33 p.385, 496 Beveridge, Albert J., Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 vols I&II c. 1928 Hocker, Edward, Germantown 1683-1933, p. 238 Lambert, William H. The Faith of Abraham Lincoln c. 1911 Whipple, Wayne, books by (3) c. 1911 Williams, Francis H. THe Burden Bearer: An Epic of Lincoln. c. 1908