Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Door Knocker depicting Abraham Lincoln
Object Number:
1926.12
Date:
1865-1900
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 13.3 x 8.3 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
struck: on back of plate: "4088/ RDNOC514"
cast: on front of plate: "Fourscore and seven years ago...../.....Abraham Lincoln"
Description:
Brass door knocker with text of Gettysburg addressed cast onto plate; oval medallion of Abraham Lincoln flanked by pair of oak boughs forms handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
