Description
- Abstract:
- Photograph series of a set of 10 bas reliefs documenting the life of Abraham Lincoln, installed on the exterior of Lincoln Hall, at the University of Illinois. In sequence, the bas reliefs portray: (1) Lincoln as a Rail Splitter, 1830; (2) Lincoln as a River Boatman, 1831; (3) Lincoln as a Circuit Rider, 1849; (4) Lincoln and Douglas debate, 1858; (5) Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861; (6) The 24th Massachusetts arrive to defend Washington, 1861; (7) "Abraham Lincoln, the Savior of the Slave," 1863; (8) Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address, 1863; (9) Lee's surrender at Appomatox, 1865; and (10) A soldier returns home, 1865.
Citation
"Life of Lincoln (Urbana, Illinois)"
(1930).
Lincoln Graphics.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:314946/
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Lincoln Graphics
Prints in the Lincoln collection are classified by Meserve numbers, and include most of the known photographic images of Lincoln, along with engravings and popular prints by, among other firms, Currier & Ives and Kurz & Allen. There are also …...