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Allegorical Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
P. S. Duval & Son (American)
Published by: Art Publishing Association of Philadelphia
Published by: Swander, Bishop and Company
Published by: Art Publishing Association of Philadelphia
Published by: Swander, Bishop and Company
1865
Medium/Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 53.7 × 40.6 cm (21 1/8 × 16 in.)
Framed: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)
Framed: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)
Credit Line
George Peabody Gardner Fund
Accession Number2022.253
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn stone, in image: [various labels and dates and text of Emancipation Proclamation]
In stone, below image, at lower center: Allegorical Portrait of / Abraham Lincoln. / Respectfully dedicated to the Union Leagues of the United States by teh Publishers / Published by the Art Publishing Association of Philadelphia, Swander, Bishop & Co.
In stone, below image, at lower left: Des. and drawn with a Steel pen by R. Morris Swander
In stone, at lower center: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Swander, Bishop & Co. in the Clerks Office of the Dist. Court of the U.S. in and for the Eastern Dist. of Pennsylvania.
In stone, below image, at right: Engraved facsimile by P.S. Duval & Son, Philada.
In stone, below image, at lower center: Allegorical Portrait of / Abraham Lincoln. / Respectfully dedicated to the Union Leagues of the United States by teh Publishers / Published by the Art Publishing Association of Philadelphia, Swander, Bishop & Co.
In stone, below image, at lower left: Des. and drawn with a Steel pen by R. Morris Swander
In stone, at lower center: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Swander, Bishop & Co. in the Clerks Office of the Dist. Court of the U.S. in and for the Eastern Dist. of Pennsylvania.
In stone, below image, at right: Engraved facsimile by P.S. Duval & Son, Philada.
Provenance2021, purchased at an unidentified auction, Maine, by James E. Arsenault (dealer), Arrowsic, Maine; 2022, sold by Arsenault to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 20, 2022)