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[ReignetteC]

(11-18-2015 11:45 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Hi Reignette, I thought/think you are looking for a more original and contemporary source as for Robert's words (so my initial guess was Ida Tarbell, too), so this might not be correct as not nearly "o":
http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displ...f=md055090
According to this the painting was on display at the Chicago Historical Society.

Spot on, Eva! Yes, Ida Tarbell was indeed the primary source but Eleanor Roosevelt referred to Robert Todd's admiration of the painting in her syndicated column, "My Day." Per Rosevelt's column, she saw it on display at the Chicago Historical Society in 1938. Mary Harlan Lincoln died in 1937, I believe; the White House obtained it through the provisions set forth in her Will.

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