Description
- Abstract:
- Diogenes, holding his lantern, sits above a portrait of Lincoln. The caption reads: "Diogenes his lantern needs no more, an honest man is found. The search is o'er." This is a reference to the story of Diogenes scouring Athens with his lantern in search of an honest man. Lincoln's likeness is from a February 9, 1864 photo by Anthony Berger.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Lincoln and Diogenes"
(1865).
Lincoln Graphics.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:71139/
Relations
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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 …...