Abraham Lincoln

Painting

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Abraham Lincoln

Entry/Object ID

2019.9.1

Description

Portrait showing a man wearing a black, three-piece suit, a white shirt with a fall-collar, and a black tie or cravat. He has dark hair and a short beard following his jawline.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Subject

Abraham Lincoln

Subject Person

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)

Acquisition

Accession

2019.9

Source or Donor

Bradish, Robert

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Robert and Dona Bradish

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1865

Time Period

19th Century

Place

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Portrait

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Picture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Interpretative Labels

Label

Abraham Lincoln, c. 1865 Unknown Artist Vermont Oil on canvas Gift of Robert and Dona Bradish, #2019.9 After Abraham Lincoln's death, images of the president became very popular in households and public buildings. This portrait, a copy of the famous Matthew Brady Gettysburg photograph, was commissioned by a family in Bellows Falls, Vermont.