Description

This pen and ink illustration depicting the home of the Josiah Crawford family in Spencer County, Indiana, is one of several illustrations done by C. M. Biggers for the book "The Lincoln Album : Life of the Preserver of the Union, the Liberator of a People, and the First American" published in 1907 by Hawkins Publishing Company, St. Louis, Missouri. The Crawfords were neighbors of the Thomas Lincoln family and Abraham borrowed the book Weem's "Life of Washington" from them. This print features a small farmhouse positioned at a three quarter view and set at a distance. There is a split rail fence with vines growing around it in the foreground, which appears to circle around and pass in front of the house. The house has windows in the front and one on the side, as well as a small window on the very top at the side. There is a porch with an awning that is supported by beams, with a similar appearance on the opposite side of the house. A large bush blocks the view of the door, and a tree stands just to the side of the fence's gate while three more trees stand on the opposite side of the house. The artist's signature appears in the bottom right corner of the print. The entire book pdf can be viewed online at https: //ia802905.us.archive.org. This illustration appears on page 16 in the book. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum