Print, Abraham Lincoln, 1861
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Loosely based on a photograph, this beardless portrait of Abraham Lincoln was first issued as a campaign print during the Republican convention in 1860. In the campaign piece, the words "Republican candidate for" were placed between the words reading "Abraham Lincoln" and "Sixteenth President of the United States." After the election the image was reused for this piece.
Loosely based on a photograph, this beardless portrait of Abraham Lincoln was first issued as a campaign print during the Republican convention in 1860. In the campaign piece, the words "Republican candidate for" were placed between the words reading "Abraham Lincoln" and "Sixteenth President of the United States." After the election the image was reused for this piece.
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Date Made
1861
Subject Date
1861
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Connecticut, Hartford
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
Lithographed by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, Hartford, Connecticut; published by Geo. Whiting, New York, New York.
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.143.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Ink
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Hand coloring
Lithography
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 13.875 in
Width: 9.75 in
Inscriptions
Text beneath image, center: ABRAHAM LINCOLN,/ Sixteenth President of the United States./ Text below image: E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, 245 Main St. Hartford, Conn. / Geo. Whiting, 87 Fulton St. New York
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