Mr. Lincoln. Residence and Horse by Louis Kurz and Charles Shober
date: label: Date made
content: 1865
name: label: depicted
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: graphic artist
content: Kurz, Louis
label: lithographer
content: Shober, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: This commemorative black and white print from 1865 was created in the period of high public demand for Lincoln images after his assassination, during which many Northerners felt a desire to display a representation of the man they believed to be the savior of the nation. The print depicts Lincoln on horseback in front of his Springfield, Illinois, after returning home against his successful campaign against the Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Stephen Douglas. It employs the popular image of Lincoln at home to portray him as both a family man and an approachable representative of the people. Although he would have been clean shaven at this time, the printmakers included Abe’s later, characteristic beard.
label: Description
content: Lincoln lived in this two-story twelve-room home from 1844 to 1861. On February 6, 1861, about 700 friends, neighbors, and well-wishers came to his residence to bid him farewell before he left for Washington. Lincoln departed Springfield on February 11, 1861, for his inauguration, but would never return to this home alive. His oldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, donated the family home to the state of Illinois in 1887 and it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
label: Description
content: The creator of the print, Charles Shober, was born in Germany in 1831. In 1854, he immigrated to Philadelphia, where he worked as a lithographer. He partnered with Charles Reen in 1857, and by 1859, the firm of Reen & Shober relocated to Chicago. There, Shober began operating his own firm, Charles Shober & Co., until the fire of 1871, when he took over the Chicago Lithographing Company. He left this company in 1876 to partner with Edward Carqueville. Shober & Carqueville printed sheet music, posters, maps, and trade cards until Shober left in the early 1880s, after a fire at the firm. This print was copyrighted by Alfred Storey & Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: depicted
content: Horses
label: depicted
content: Horseback Riding
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Historic Residences
label: Subject
content: Communication, newspapers
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1860-1869
label: depicted
content: Blacks
label: depicted
content: Horseback Riding
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: NMAH Reception Suite
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content: American Civil War Prints
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2584
label: catalog number
content: 60.2584
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 15 1/2 in x 20 1/2 in; 39.37 cm x 52.07 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 22 in; 45.72 cm x 55.88 cm