Title

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

Creator

John A. Lowell
William Edgar Marshall

Files

Creator Role

engraver engraver

Description

The engraving features a head and shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln, who faces slightly to his proper left. He wears a dark coat and tie. The image is surrounded by a circular border and is flanked by oak leaves. Lincoln's name and birth and death dates are inscribed below the image on what appears to be a pillar. The engraving was taken from a portrait painting created by William Edgar Marshall in 1865.

Description Source

Holzer, Harold, Cabor S. Boritt, and Mark E. Neely, Jr. The Lincoln Image: Abraham Lincoln and the Popular Print. New York, New York: The Scribner Press, 1984; Page: 212. Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf, eds. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1963; Page: 30.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1908

Measurement

13 3/4 X 10 3/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product)

Subjects

Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865

Work Type

engraving (print)

Class

prints

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

1394

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.