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Young Abraham Lincoln driving a team of oxen
- Creator:
- Fletcher Ransom
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1930-1940
- Materials:
- oil, canvas
- Measurements:
- overall: 49 in x 60 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0703
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This painting depicts Abraham Lincoln as a youth walking next to four oxen on his family's farm in southern Indiana. Young Abe is holding a walking stick. His father, Thomas Lincoln, is behind the oxen guiding a wooden plow. The trees in the background are showing fall colors. There are a few tree stumps in the foreground and a log cabin in the background. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
