Abraham Lincoln

Frederick Stuart after Alexander Hesler1860-1896

Details

Title: Abraham Lincoln
Creator: Frederick Stuart after Alexander Hesler
Date Created: 1860-1896
Subject Keywords: government, Lincoln (Abraham), male portraits, politicians, portraits
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in pencil, lower right: “Frederick T. Stuart”; inscribed in other hand on mount, lower left: “#57 of 75 Artist’s Proofs”; signed “J.O. Wright & Co.”
Print State: First of two states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Gardiner, 1940
Materials & Techniques: Etching and roulette printed in brown ink on wove paper mounted on heavyweight wove paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: 75 before letters, 75 with letter “S” published by J.O. Wright & Co., New York
Dimensions: 1913
Bibliography: H. Holzer et al., "The Lincoln Image…" in the Journal of the American Historical Print Collectors Society, Spring 1984, pp. 8–9; see object file for four accompanying letters giving background of print; see also Hessler photograph of Lincoln, DAC 1982.21.2
Associated People: Created by Frederick Stuart (American, 1837-1913), After Alexander Hesler (American, 1823-1895)
Accession Number: 1940.1.2.2

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