Engraving

Title:

Lincoln.

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1945.029

Creator:

Littlefield, John H.Artist; Gugler, Henry (1816-1880)Engraver; William Pate & Co.

Place of Origin:

Washington, DC / New York, NY

Date:

1869

Description:

Engraving of Abraham Lincoln, engraved by Henry Gugler (1816-1880), after a painting by John H. Littlefield, published by William Pate & Co.,1869. Ink on paper on linen. Rectangular engraving with oval image of Lincoln in center surrounded by wreath; laurel leaves with bow upper center, oak leaves with broken chain lower center. Half-length portrait of Lincoln facing slightly right with dark receding hair brush back, and short beard. Wearing a black coat, waistcoat, white shirt with fold over collar, and black cravat tied in bow. Titled, "LINCOLN." in block letters below image. Text at lower center below title: "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1869, by John H. Littlefield in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. / Photographic copyright secured." Bottom left in margin: "Painted by J. H. Littlefield." Bottom right in margin: "Engraved by H. Gugler." Molded wood frame with fluted cove and gilded flat-profile interior; glazed.

Material:

Paper
Textile

Dimensions:

H-33.8 W-26 inches

Provenance:

John H. Littlefield, who once was a clerk at Lincoln's law office, painted a portrait of Lincoln after a photograph taken by the Mathew Brady studio in 1864.

Credit Line:

Gift of Theophilus Nelson

People:

Gugler, Henry, Littlefield, John, Pate, William, Brady, Mathew B. (1822-1896)

Subjects:

Lincoln, Abraham