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Portrait of Lincoln

American

Medium/Technique Stipple engraving plate
Dimensions Height x width: 60.8 × 46.6 cm (23 15/16 × 18 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of S. A. Schoff
Accession NumberM7969
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipmentPrintmaking

DescriptionTranscription from MFA ledger: The etching is by Mr. Schoff. The coat ect., engraved with a sort of chisel made for the purpose, and driven with a mallet, was laid in by Fillibrown and Charles Smith.
Provenance1891, gift of Stephen Alonzo Schoff (b. 1818 - d. 1905), Newton, MA, to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 1, 1891)