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Right Profile Portrait of President Lincoln
- Creator:
- Louis Bonhajo
- Location:
- Illinois, Chicago
- Origin Date:
- 1948
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 14 in x 11 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0920
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This color illustration features a right profile of President Abraham Lincoln against a warm, orange tinted background done from an original painting by Louis Bonhajo. A frame is painted around the portrait. A Lincoln facsimile signature is printed below the portrait. The painting was done after a photograph taken of President Lincoln on February 9, 1864, in Washington, D. C. Part of the LIncoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum