Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
name: label: printer
content: Currier and Ives
notes: label: Description
content: This portrait of Lincoln was produced shortly after his death. The title printed below the image reads "Abraham Lincoln/ the Nations Martyr/Assassinated April 14th, 1865/New York Published by Currier & Ives 152 Nassau St."
label: Description
content: Currier & Ives published about a dozen variants of this portrait to commemorate the martyred president. Like many prints of Lincoln, they were based on a photograph made in the Mathew Brady studio in 1864. They depict Lincoln facing either left or right, with minor changes in costume details and the part of his hair. Given the number produced, this image clearly had signficant meaning for a mourning nation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Politics
label: Subject
content: Mourning
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Abraham Lincoln
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. E. Leonard Piven
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.24287
label: catalog number
content: 24287
label: accession number
content: 323560
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
label: Other Terms
content: print; Graphics; Planographics; Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 cm x 27 cm; 14 9/16 in x 10 5/8 in