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Portrait of Lincoln Wearing Glasses
- Creator:
- Thomas J. Trimborn
- Location:
- unknown
- Origin Date:
- 1987
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 13 in x 10 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0780
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This print features a head-only portrait of President Abraham Lincoln done from a photograph taken on February 5, 1865, to which the artist has added eyeglasses. President Lincoln was never photographed wearing his eyeglasses. Just below the image in the lower margin to the viewer's right is the artist's signature in pencil. To the viewer's left is handwritten in pencil the number of the limited edition of the print, 16/500. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum