William Edgar Marshall, William Edgar Marshall
Abraham Lincoln
1865
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William Edgar Marshall, William Edgar Marshall
Abraham Lincoln
1865
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
Publication References
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.
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
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.