Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Artist
Alexander Hesler
(American, born Canada, 1823 - 1895)
DateJune 3, 1860; printed ca. 1880
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet (oval): 8 1/8 × 6 inches (20.65 × 15.24 cm)
Mount: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Mount: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.36
SignedOn mount verso, top, in pencil: “ [fragment not legible]...back of frame / “Taken on Sunday June 3, 1860 / By Alex. Hesler at Springfield”"
InscribedOn mount verso, center, on white label, in black type: “A. LINCOLN, / ATTORNEY AT LAW. / SPRINGFIELD, ILL. / COPYRIGHT, 1881, BY GEORGE B. / AYRES, 455 N. 7TH St., PHILA.”;
On mount verso, center, in black pen: “To John Greenleaf Whittier, / with the affectionate admiration / of George B. Ayres”;
On mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “to be copied on typewriter / + pasted on back”.
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: “MESERVE No. 26”;
On mount verso, top, in pencil: “9839”.
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DescriptionOval image of Abraham Lincoln in three quarter profile. He's wearing a shirt with a bow tie, vest, and suit jacket.ProvenanceHall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
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