William Edgar Marshall and William Edgar Marshall
Abraham Lincoln
1865
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving and etching, Sheet: 786 × 606 mm. (30 15/16 × 23 7/8 in.)
Image: 529 × 405 mm. (20 13/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2356
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Pittsburgh Etching Club, held at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 'Engraved Portraits Relating to American History,' Nov. 21-Dec. 19, 1912, no. 37? *Peabody Institute Gallery, Baltimore, 'Third Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of T. Harrison Garrett,' Feb. 1888, no. 7. The Anderson Auction Company, New York, 'Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings, Engravings, Etchings and the Original Unpublished Plates Left by the Artist Together with other Studio Property Belonging to the Estate of the Late William Edgar Marshall of New York City,' March 6-17, 1909, nos. 26, 58, 73-77, 79.
Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 110 no. 3. Werckmeister, Das 19te Jarhundert in Bildnissen, 1900, vol. 4 pl. 361. Mather, Frank Jewett Jr., et al., The Pageant of America, v.12, The American Spirit in Art, ill. p. 232 no. 384. Hart, Charles Henry, 'Marshall's Portrait of Lincoln,' American Art News, v. XIV, no. 32 (May 13, 1916), p. 4.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, BC in image: 'ABRAHAM LINCOLN'; in plate, BC below image: 'PAINTED AND ENGRAVED BY WM. E. MARSHALL.'; in plate, BC: 'ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1866 BY WM. E. MARSHALL IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHTED ALSO.'; BL (pencil): '127/36' and 'WSB No 3 p110'; LR (pencil): 'O'; BR (pencil, in diamond): '7972'. VERSO: TRE, sideways (pencil): '21888' and '987/15 00'; LL (stamped in red ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'; LR (stamped in blue ink): 'THG' in oval.
