Home of Abraham Lincoln
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: depicted?
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: maker
content: L. Prang & Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black and white print of a two-story wooden house on a street corner. A man (Abraham Lincoln?) and a child are standing inside the fence in front of the house. A carriage and men on horseback are in the street in the foreground and pedestrians walk along the street.
label: Description
content: This undated, black and white print of Lincoln’s residence in Springfield, Illinois, was most likely created in the period of high public demand for Lincoln images around the time of his assassination, during which many Northerners felt a desire to display a representation of the man they believed to be the savior of their nation. Lincoln lived in this two-story, twelve-room home from 1844 to 1861. In the print, men on horseback, women with parasols, and a horse-drawn buggy pass all by the residence on the road. A beardless Abraham Lincoln and one his sons stand near the entrance to the home.
label: Description
content: 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: Louis Prang (1824-1910) was born in Breslau, Prussian Silesia, and immigrated to America in 1850. Settling in Boston, he began his lithographic career in 1856, partnering with Julius Mayer. In 1860, he established his own firm, which grew to become one of the largest producers of American colored lithographs during the 19th century. The company’s first lithographic prints were Civil war battle scenes, maps, and portraits of military and political leaders. Louis Prang & Co. remained in operation until 1898, producing greeting cards, facsimiles of American and European paintings, and natural history prints. The print was published by S.G. Lane at 21 Cornhill.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: depicted
content: Horseback Riding
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Historic Residences
label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Carriages
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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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.60.3710
label: catalog number
content: 60.3710
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 8 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 34.29 cm