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Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- Earl Owen Fay
- Location:
- unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1949
- Materials:
- paper, graphite
- Measurements:
- overall: 17 1/16 in x 13 3/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.1620
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This original sketch features a head and shoulders portrait of a beardless Abraham Lincoln done after a photograph taken of him on October 4, 1859, in Chicago, Illinois. He is depicted facing partially toward the viewer's left wearing a coat, vest, and collared shirt with a black bow tie. The right edge of the paper is deckled and painted red. The following inscription is written just below the left lapel of Lincoln's jacket: A SKETCH BY EARL OWEN FAY MADE ESPECIALLY FOR ROBERT LINCOLN MCFERRAN July 15 1949 Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
