Abraham Lincoln
Artist
Alexander Hesler
(American, born Canada, 1823 - 1895)
Date1857
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 1/16 inches (20.64 × 15.4 cm)
Mount: 10 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (26.35 × 21.27 cm)
Mount: 10 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (26.35 × 21.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.328
SignedArtist's blindstamp on mount recto, bottom: "HESLER ARTIST / 113 LAKE ST. / CHICAGO"
InscribedLincoln's autograph on paper adhered to image recto, bottom, in black pen: "A. Lincoln"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionOval image of Abraham Lincoln wearing a jacket, vest, and bow tie. His hair is disheveled and he looks toward the right edge of the frame so his face is in profile.Published ReferencesDavid Hackett Fischer, Liberty and Freedom (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005): 341-44.
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