Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln, the Martyr, Victorious
Date:
Object Number:
PR.052.48
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Horace Greeley (1811-1872)
Object Number:
1925.10
Date:
1856
Medium:
Oil on textured paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 6 in. ( 20.3 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
signed: lower left
inscription: on back: "This is an original portrait of / Horace Greeley painted from life / by Thomas W. Wood in 1856. / It was among the contents of his / studio at Wood's death --Charles Paine"
dated: lower right: "Feb '56"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in red oil: "T. W. WOOD"; inscribed at lower right: "Feb. '56"; verso inscribed at upper left in black ink: "Thisis an original portrait of / Horace Greeley painted from life / by Thomas W. Wood in 1856. / It was among the contents of his studio at Wood's death. / Charles Paine."
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
