Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Object Number:
1926.10
Date:
1907
Medium:
Copper alloy, wood, paint, and bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/16 x 7 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 24 x 18.1 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: base of relief: ABRAHAM LINCOLN/**1809*1865**"
copyright mark: proper left side: "1907 COPYRIGHT 1907 BY V. D. BRENNER"
Description:
Bas-relief portrait.
Gallery Label:
This is the same portrait of Lincoln that appears on the Lincoln penny.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
