Abraham Lincoln's Office Suit
name: label: Associated Name
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: Abraham Lincoln wore this black broadcloth coat, vest, and trousers, as his office suit during his presidency. The shirt and tie are reproductions.
label: Description
content: Lincoln’s office suit was used in a preliminary study for a posthumous portrait by Boston artist William Morris Hunt. In May 1865 Mary Lincoln sent Thomas Pendel, the White House doorkeeper, to deliver the suit. Pendel, being about the same size as Lincoln, posed in the clothing for the artist. Hunt kept the suit, and in 1894 his widow donated the clothing to the Smithsonian.
label: Description
content: Gift of Mrs. William Hunt, 1894
topic: label: used
content: Presidents
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content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William Hunt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: COLL.ALSUIT.005004
label: accession number
content: 27959
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Abraham Lincoln's office suit
label: Object Name
content: suit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: broadcloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall on mount: 72 in x 35 in x 12 in; 182.88 cm x 88.9 cm x 30.48 cm