Abraham Lincoln
date: label: Date made
content: 1860-1862
name: label: depicted
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: distributor
content: Whiting, George
label: maker
content: E.B. and E.C. Kellogg
notes: label: Description
content: During the mid-19th century, the Kellogg brothers produced a series of prints of the Presidents, which were promoted for use in educational institutions. In this half-length portrait from 1860-1862, Lincoln sits upright in a red-velvet chair next to a stack of books and clutches a document, in his right hand. A green drape and a column provide a background to the portrait. This is similar to other Lincon prints by the Kelloggs family however Lincoln's face is more gaunt in this version.
label: Description
content: This print was produced by the Hartford, Connecticut lithographic firm of E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. Edmund Burke Kellogg and Elijah Chapman Kellogg were younger brothers of the founder of the Kellogg lithography firm, Daniel Wright Kellogg. After Daniel Wright Kellogg moved west, his two brothers took over the family lithography firm in 1840 and changed the name to E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. They were responsible for the continued success of the family firm and involved in partnerships with Horace Thayer in 1845/1846, John Chenevard Comstock in 1848 and William Henry Bulkeley in 1867.
label: Description
content: George Whiting worked as the agent and distributor of the Kellogg brothers’ prints in New York from 1848 to 1860. In1860, the Kelloggs closed their New York office Whiting took over the firm, selling prints until his death two years later, when son Frank took over the business.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: Subject
content: U.S. National Government, executive branch
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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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.60.3168
label: catalog number
content: 60.3168
label: accession number
content: 228146
label: maker number
content: 558
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 11 1/4 in x 8 in; 28.575 cm x 20.32 cm