Lithograph
- Title:
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1915.007
- Creator:
- Brady, Mathew B. (1822-1896)
Photographer ; E. C. Middleton & Co. (1854-1867)Lithographer - Place of Origin:
- Cincinnati, OH
- Date:
- 1864-1867
- Description:
- Chromolithograph. Bust-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), printed by E. C. Middleton & Co., after a photograph by Mathew B. Brady (1822-1896), 1864-1867. Ink on paper mounted on canvas and stretcher, vertical oval. Half-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing slightly left; gaze slightly right. Lincoln has short, slightly messy dark hair, short beard, and light brown eyes; wearing a black coat, black waistcoat, white shirt with fold down collar, and black cravat tied in bow. Brown background. Black canvas stamp on reverse: "WARRANTED OIL COLORS. / Entered according to Act of Congress, / in the year 1864, by E.C. Middleton, in / the Clerk's Office of the District Court / for the Southern District of Ohio. / PUBLISHED BY / E. C. MIDDLETON & CO., / CINCINNATI, O." Old NHHS label on reverse with accession information. Gilded gesso over pine frame; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-17.1 W-14.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary E. Weeks
- Subjects:
- Lincoln, Abraham
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