Abraham Lincoln: The Nation's Martyr

Name/Title

Abraham Lincoln: The Nation's Martyr

Collection

Artwork Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Currier & Ives

Role

Publisher

Date made

1865

Notes

Apparently from an 1864 photograph by Anthony Berger (see weblink below).

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

20-1/2 in

Width

16-1/2 in

Research Notes

Notes

According to the weblink above, the portrait was issued as a "rush print" by Currier & Ives after Lincoln's assassination and there are other versions "with as many as a dozen subtle variations in costume and hair detail," some even with Lincoln facing right.