Object Details
- Artist
- George Peter Alexander Healy, 15 Jul 1813 - 24 Jun 1894
- Sitter
- Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
- Exhibition Label
- Sixteenth president, 1861–1865
- Abraham Lincoln, a self-educated frontier lawyer from Illinois, faced one of the greatest challenges as president: preserving the Union. He initially framed the Civil War as a Constitutional crisis over secession, but as fighting intensified, his aims evolved to include reunification based on the abolition of slavery. In 1865, when the war ended, he proposed a program of Southern reconstruction that would require African American civil rights, but before he could implement it, he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. George Peter Alexander Healy painted a life portrait of Lincoln in 1860, but he had to rely on other portraits to make this image, one of four he created after Lincoln’s death. All are derived from Healy’s 1869 group portrait The Peacemakers, which features the president, Generals William T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant, and Admiral David D. Porter as they discuss strategy near the end of the Civil War.
- 16o presidente, 1861–1865
- Abraham Lincoln, un abogado autodidacto de Illinois, se enfrentó a uno de los retos más grandes como presidente: conservar la Unión. En un principio, caracterizó la Guerra Civil como una crisis constitucional en torno a la secesión de los estados, pero al intensificarse el conflicto, su meta fue cambiando hasta incluir la reunificación cimentada en la abolición de la esclavitud. En 1865, al fin de la guerra, Lincoln propuso un programa de reconstrucción sureña que implicaría derechos civiles para los afroamericanos, pero antes de que pudiera implementarlo fue asesinado por John Wilkes Booth. George Peter Alexander Healy pintó un retrato del natural de Lincoln en 1860, pero para la presente imagen tuvo que basarse en uno de cuatro que realizó después de muerto el presidente. Todos se derivan de un retrato de grupo hecho por Healy en 1869, The Peacemakers (Los pacificadores), que presenta a los generales William T. Sherman y Ulysses S. Grant y al almirante David D. Porter discutiendo estrategias hacia el final de la Guerra Civil.
- Provenance
- Elihu Washburn [1816-1887]; his brother William Drew Washburn; his estate; (M. Knoedler & Co.), New York; purchased 26 December 1934 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift to NGA 1942; transferred 1965 to NPG.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942
- 1887
- Object number
- NPG.65.50
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 188 × 137 cm (74 × 53 15/16")
- Frame: 212.7 × 162.6 × 9.2 cm (83 3/4 × 64 × 3 5/8")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Abraham Lincoln: Male
- Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\President of US
- Abraham Lincoln: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Environmentalist
- Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Illinois
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\State Senator\Illinois
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
- Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Boat builder
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.65.50
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49d5184a2-47a8-47b1-a90d-75441ecbefdd
