Object Details
- associated person
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Mills, Clark
- Mills, Clark
- Description
- On February 11, 1865, about two months before his death, Abraham Lincoln permitted sculptor Clark Mills to make this life mask of his face. This was the second and last life mask made of Lincoln. The strain of the presidency was written on Abraham Lincoln’s face. His secretary, John Hay, remarked on the dramatic difference in Lincoln’s two life masks. He noted that the first mask, produced by Leonard Volk in 1860, “is a man of fifty-one, and young for his years. . . . It is a face full of life, of energy, of vivid aspiration. . . . .The other is so sad and peaceful in its infinite repose . . . . a look as of one on whom sorrow and care had done their worst without victory is on all the features.”
- Gift of Theodore Mills, the artist’s son, 1889
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Theodore A. Mills
- 1865
- ID Number
- PL.004853
- catalog number
- 4853
- accession number
- 21843
- Object Name
- mask, life
- Physical Description
- plaster (overall material)
- painted (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 8 1/2 in x 9 in; 17.78 cm x 21.59 cm x 22.86 cm
- Related Publication
- Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Presidents
- Record ID
- nmah_500284
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-ffe4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
