French's Lincoln

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Overview

Year:: 1912
Contributor:: French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 (sculptor); Davidson, Henry, 1857-1924 (engraver)
Genre:: clippings (information artifacts); black-and-white photographs; relief halftones (prints)
Subject:: Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Statues
Local ID:: M156frg.2
Extent:: 4 p.; 24.9 x 17.2 cm.

Abstract:: Clipping from "The Century" Magazine. One page includes a photograph of part of a statue of Abraham Lincoln, sculpted by Daniel Chester French. The caption notes that the statue was made for the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, and that it was due to be unveiled during "the current year" (1912). A second page includes a a half-tone plate of the complete statue from the plaster, "engraved by H. Davidson." A third page lists the magazine's contents, and a fourth previews features of what was then the upcoming issue of "The Century."

"French's Lincoln" (1912). Lincoln Graphics. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:68922/

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 …
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