Abraham Lincoln
Object Details
- Artist
- William Judkins Thomson, active 1858 - 1860
- Sitter
- Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- October 11, 1858
- Object number
- NPG.82.52
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Half-plate ambrotype
- Dimensions
- Image/Sight: 11.6 × 8.8 cm (4 9/16 × 3 7/16")
- Mat (brass): 13.9 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4")
- Case open: 15.3 × 24.8 × 1.5 cm (6 × 9 3/4 × 9/16")
- Case closed: 15.3 × 12.5 × 2.3 cm (6 × 4 15/16 × 7/8")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery's Collection
- On View
- NPG, East Gallery 134
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
- Nature & Environment\Fruit\Grapes
- Cased object
- 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.82.52
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4083630d3-db91-4f1b-bb27-efac395599cb
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