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William Elstob Marshall

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln,

Description

Maker

  • William Elstob Marshall

Title

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Techniques

  • engraving

Supports

  • Light weight cream tissue paper on heavy weight cream wove paper (chine collĂ©)

Dimensions

65.4 x 49.8 cm (25 3/4 x 19 5/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto: In Plate--Titled in bottom center of image: "ABRAHAM LINCOLN"; under image in center: "PAINTED AND ENGRAVED BY Wm. E. MARSHALL".; in bottom center of plate: "ENT"

Verso: in pencil under RISD stamp: "1959"

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPRIOVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf

Object Number

20.025

About

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Recto: In Plate--Titled in bottom center of image: "ABRAHAM LINCOLN"; under image in center: "PAINTED AND ENGRAVED BY Wm. E. MARSHALL".; in bottom center of plate: "ENT"

Verso: in pencil under RISD stamp: "1959"

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPRIOVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Portrait of Abraham Lincoln with the accession number of 20.025. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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