Artifacts

Postcard Featuring a Seated Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Title

Postcard Featuring a Seated Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Files

Creator Role

artist printer

Description

from the postcard: “Abraham Lincoln NPG.42.2 by George Peter Alexander Healey, 1887 (after a study from life) Oil on Canvas, 74 1/8 X 54 1/2 inches Gift of Andrew Mellon, 1942 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Reproduction forbidden without written permission”

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

6 X 4 inches; portrait

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper; card stock

Subjects

Presidents in art; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works

Work Type

picture postcard

Class

Postcards

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

P1672

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.

Postcard Featuring a Seated Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

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