Collection Highlights
Decanter and stopper
1823-1845
1936.696ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Title
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date
1861
Medium
Painted plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 32 1/2 x 21 x 15 in. ( 82.6 x 53.3 x 38.1 cm )
Description
Portrait bust.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. H. L. Stuart
Object Number
1866.2
Marks
signed: across back: "T. D. Jones, Sculptor 1861"
inscribed: base of PR shoulder: "Patented/June./1862"
Gallery Label
The original of this bust is in the Senate Chamber in the State Capitol at Columbus, Ohio. Jones modeled the portrait in Springfield, Illinois, in December of 1860 and the early months of 1861, just before Lincoln departed for Washington to assume the presidency.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
