Art Image Details
Abraham Lincoln
| Title: | Abraham Lincoln |
|---|---|
| Artist: | Healy, George Peter Alexander |
| Date of Work: | 1869 |
| Medium/Support: | oil on canvas |
| Measurements: | 73 3/4 x 55 5/8 in (187.3 x 141.3 cm) |
| Inscribed: | Yes |
| Inscription Type: | signed and dated |
| Inscription Location: | lower left |
| Inscription Text: | G.P.A. Healy / 1869 |
| Acquisition Information: | Bequest of Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln |
| Acquisition Number: | 939.1388.1 |
| Credit Line: | The White House Historical Association (White House Collection) |
| Scholar's Notes: |
"[The artist paints the president in a] listening, absorbed pose. ". . . [T]he figure is pulled forward from the murky olive-gray background by the sculptural modeling, the concentration of light upon hands and face, the lack of competing accessories. . . . Healy molds [the chair] to the President's body and turns the gilt wood and red brocade into a perfect foil for the strongly projected figure. . . . "The portrait was painted in Paris and sent to Washington in response to an act of Congress (March 3, 1869) authorizing a Lincoln portrait for the White House." |
| Source of Scholar's Notes: | Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008. |
| Page Number(s) in Source: | 167 |
| People: | Lincoln, Abraham |
| Categories: | White House Art Collection, Images of Presidents |
| Type: | portraits |
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