Object Details
- depicted
- Lincoln, Abraham
- graphic artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- Description
- Stephen J. Ferris, a Philadelphia painter and etcher, specialized in portraiture. He etched this portrait of Abraham Lincoln in 1881, noting in pencil at the lower right that this print was the earliest proof he took from the plate. Ferris etched many subjects for a variety of publications, including art periodicals and special editions of etchings. He made both original prints and reproductive etchings after works by other artists in other media.
- This image, like several other portrait prints of Lincoln, is based on the popular photograph made by the Mathew Brady studio in 1864. Ferris collected prints and photographs to aid him in his work, and his print collection came to the Smithsonian as a gift from the Ferris family.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
- 1881
- ID Number
- GA.14531
- catalog number
- 14531
- accession number
- 94830
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Etching
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 55 cm x 45 cm; 21 5/8 in x 17 11/16 in
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Abraham Lincoln
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Politics
- Record ID
- nmah_1002003
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-c9d9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
