Title

President Lincoln's Acrostical Star

Creator

Clay and Cossack
L. Dodge, H.B. and J. Weir

Files

Creator Role

engraver copyrighters

Description

In the print, a shortened version of the Emancipation Proclamation appears. A bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln is shown at the center of the lithograph. In the bottom two corners, portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan.

Description Source

Swanns Auction Galleries. https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/(PRINTS--EMANCIPATION.)-Clay-&-Cossack;-engravers.-Presi-2486+++++118+-++748266 (Accessed 11 July 2019).

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

1864

Measurement

24 3/4 x 20 1/4

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); engraving (printing process)

Subjects

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation

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.

Related Source

See Collection Documentation Box 1, Folder 8000-8999.

ID

8331

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.