Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
date: label: Date made
content: 1881
name: label: depicted
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: graphic artist
content: Ferris, Stephen James
notes: label: Description
content: Stephen J. Ferris, a Philadelphia painter and etcher, specialized in portraiture. He etched this portrait of Abraham Lincoln in 1881, noting in pencil at the lower right that this print was the earliest proof he took from the plate. Ferris etched many subjects for a variety of publications, including art periodicals and special editions of etchings. He made both original prints and reproductive etchings after works by other artists in other media.
label: Description
content: This image, like several other portrait prints of Lincoln, is based on the popular photograph made by the Mathew Brady studio in 1864. Ferris collected prints and photographs to aid him in his work, and his print collection came to the Smithsonian as a gift from the Ferris family.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Politics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
label: See more items in
content: Ferris Collection
label: See more items in
content: Communications
label: See more items in
content: Abraham Lincoln
label: See more items in
content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.14531
label: catalog number
content: 14531
label: accession number
content: 94830
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Etching
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 cm x 45 cm; 21 5/8 in x 17 11/16 in