Object Details
- engraver
- Gugler, Henry
- original artist
- Littlefield, J. H.
- artist attribution
- Brady, Mathew B.
- publisher
- William Pate & Co.
- Description
- William Pate & Co. of New York published this portrait of Lincoln in 1869. The engraver, Henry Gugler, is best known for his bank-note work. Although the copyright notice below the print indicates the source as an original painting by J. H. Littlefield, who was once a clerk in Lincoln's law office, the image was based on a photograph made in the Mathew Brady studio in 1864. Perhaps Littlefield made a painting after the photograph that Gugler then engraved. The Brady studio photograph of Lincoln also served as the model for the engraving that appeared on the five-dollar bill and for other portrait prints.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- J. W. Osborne
- 1869
- ID Number
- GA.03352
- catalog number
- 03352
- accession number
- 23155
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Engraving
- Other Terms
- print; Engraving
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 75.5 cm x 59 cm; 29 3/4 in x 23 1/4 in
- Related Publication
- Holzer, Harold; Boritt, Gabor S., and Neely, Mark E., Jr.. The Lincoln Image: Abraham Lincoln and the Popular Print
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Abraham Lincoln
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Politics
- Record ID
- nmah_802113
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-ea97-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
