"Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Our Next President," 1860
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This lithograph portrait of President-elect Abraham Lincoln was based on a photograph taken by Mathew B. Brady on February 27, 1860. Lincoln had been in New York City to give a speech at Cooper Union. He is depicted beardless as he was during the election campaign. By the time he traveled to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration on March 4, 1861, he had grown a full beard.
This lithograph portrait of President-elect Abraham Lincoln was based on a photograph taken by Mathew B. Brady on February 27, 1860. Lincoln had been in New York City to give a speech at Cooper Union. He is depicted beardless as he was during the election campaign. By the time he traveled to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration on March 4, 1861, he had grown a full beard.
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Date Made
1860
Subject Date
07 February 1860
Keywords
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.3.11285
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 14 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front below image: HON.ABRAHAM LINCOLN,/ "Our Next President". / Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. N.Y. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by Currier & Ives in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern Dist. of N.Y. / From a Photograph by Brady, N.Y.
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