1. Material:
  2. watercolor (29)

Hand-colored Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln

Creator:
Wynkoop
Location:
unknown place
Origin Date:
1950-1975
Materials:
paper, watercolor
Measurements:
overall: 18 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in
Item ID:
71.2009.081.0944
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Fine Art

Description

This hand-colored portrait of President Abraham Lincoln was done using a photograph taken of him on February 9, 1864, in Washington, D. C. He posed turned slightly toward the viewer's right and was wearing .a black coat, vest, and bow tie. The artist drew his color scale and signed his name just outside of the edge of the oval beneath Lincoln's right shoulder. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum