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Lincoln at Onstott Cooper Shop/ Lincoln the Lawyer
- Creator:
- Fletcher C. Ransom
- Location:
- Illinois, Chicago
- Origin Date:
- 1941
- Materials:
- paper, print
- Measurements:
- overall: 20 3/4 in x 46 3/4 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0554
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
These two reproductions of original paintings by Fletcher C. Ransom feature a young Abraham Lincoln in New Salem, Illinois, standing beside a horse in front of the Onstodt Cooper Shop to the viewer's left and in the courtroom as a newly licensed lawyer to the viewer's right. Ransom was commissioned in the 1930s by the Illinois and Midway Railroad Company to create paintings about the life of Abraham Lincoln to be used for their calendar art. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
