Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Luce Center
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Object Number:
1926.5
Date:
ca. 1865-1870
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
canvas: 58 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. ( 148.6 x 100.3 cm )
frame: 65 1/4 x 46 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 165.7 x 118.7 x 4.8 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "W. E. Marshall"
Gallery Label:
Using his earlier bust-length portrait as the model for the head, Marshall created this three-quarter-length portrait showing Lincoln standing with a scroll in his left hand as if about to deliver a speech. The portrait was inherited by Oscar Marshall upon the death of his brother, the artist, and donated to the Society by the artist's sister-in-law.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Oscar Marshall and her children
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
