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Cloth Portrait of Lincoln
- Creator:
- Ramon Vilar
- Location:
- Mexico?
- Origin Date:
- Unknown
- Materials:
- cloth
- Measurements:
- overall: 11 in x 9 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0859
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This embroidered cloth features a detailed, stylized, head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln done from a photograph taken of him on November 8, 1863, in Washington, D. C. A patriotic eagle rests on a shield and two American flags beneath the portrait. The artist's signature with the number 936 penned in ink are just below the flag on the viewer's right. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum