Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions

[Anita]

Kudos Roger, it was indeed Leonard Volk. My source is Jean Baker's "Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography".

Volk's son is Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk. " Mr. Volk, son of the late Leonard Volk, American Sculptor, sat in Lincoln's lap several times while the great Emancipator posed for a bust which brought fame to the elder Volk. This portrait "Lincoln the Ever Sympathetic" was inspired by a life mask made by Leonard Volk, his father."
https://archive.org/stream/artistsofabra...c_djvu.txt

While researching this post I learned Lincoln had already lost 40 lbs before he arrived in Washington!
"The last time I saw Mr. Lincoln was in January 1861, at his house in Springfield. His little parlor was full of friends and politicians. He introduced me to them all, and remarked to me aside that, since he had sat for me for his bust, he had lost forty pounds in weight."
--Leonard Volk in "Intimate Memories of Lincoln"