Brown University

Abraham Lincoln

Description

Abstract:
Lithograph by Louis Prang from the original portrait by Matthew Wilson. According to Wilson's diaries he painted one copy of his life portrait especially for use by Prang. It is probably one of the earliest post-assassination prints of Lincoln
Notes:
"Copied by permission from the original picture by Matthew Wilson-- now in possession of Hon. Gideon Welles, Secy of the Navy"

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Wilson, Matthew, "Abraham Lincoln" (1865). Lincoln Graphics. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:69894/

Relations

Collection:

  • 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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