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Historic Lincoln Portrait Goes on View Feb. 10. - Anita - 01-16-2023 06:17 PM

Created from life in 1865, this nine-foot-tall oil on canvas is one of three known, life-size paintings of the 16th president

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the installation of a life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln by artist W.F.K. Travers. Created from life in 1865, the 9-foot-tall oil on canvas is one of three known, life-size paintings of the 16th president. The historic work comes to the National Portrait Gallery on long-term loan from the Hartley Dodge Foundation, whose founder, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, acquired the painting from her family in the 1930s. The Portrait Gallery will display the Travers painting in the museum’s ongoing exhibition “America’s Presidents” beginning Feb. 10.

Gabrielle Obusek January 10th, 2023
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-portrait-gallery/2023/01/10/historic-lincoln-portrait-goes-on-view-in-february/


RE: Historic Lincoln Portrait Goes on View Feb. 10. - RJNorton - 01-17-2023 05:58 AM

Thanks for posting, Anita!