Abraham Lincoln

Maker H. Colcard (American)

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ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Date1888

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensionscanvas: 26 × 21 in. (66 × 53.3 cm.) frame: 35 × 29 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (88.9 × 74.9 × 8.9 cm.)

DescriptionPainted in oil from life by the western artist H. Colcard. Face to right with beard, grayish blue eyes, black tie. SIze 21 inches by 26 inches in a very handsome Rococco frame. About 1863-4. An extremely fine portrait. Only a few were painted in Lincoln's lifetime, and these are all in public institutions. This portrait was formerly in the Libby Prison War Museum where it was seen and much admired by numbers of Lincoln's personal friends and contemporaries. [note in file]

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number19.18