Few artists did more to cement the reigning nineteenth-century image of Abraham Lincoln as “Great Emancipator” than Francis B. Carpenter, whose monumental canvas, The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet, won critical acclaim on national tour beginning in 1864 and inspired an 1866 engraving that remained a best ...

May 6, 2022 · Early in 2018, Mr. Louis Moore Bacon graciously gave to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum a stunning painting of a young Lincoln reading in a forest setting. The picture was in dire shape when he acquired it and required a great deal of conservation, which Mr. Bacon wisely pursued.

Rochester, N.Y., January 20, 2009 — A conserved glass-plate image of Abraham Lincoln from 1860 is being presented to the public for the first time — and is not only Lincoln’s personal favorite portrait but it is the closest one will get to “seeing” Lincoln.

According to artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter, Lincoln, who Carpenter often interacted with while painting the picture "First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation," referred to Knox's poem as his favoite and proceeded to recite all six stanzas to the awed artist.

In the painting, Carpenter depicts Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and his Cabinet members reading over the Emancipation Proclamation, which proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states in rebellion against the Union in …

Feb 11, 2023 · Ward H. Lamon, a close friend and bodyguard, wrote in 1888 that the painting was "the most lifelike picture of Mr. Lincoln I have ever seen on canvas." It "presents a real likeness of the...

Johnson's painting identifies key episodes in the life of Abraham Lincoln (1809--1865), from the log cabin where he grew up, to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives (symbolized by the U.S. Capitol), the capture of his assassin John Wilkes Booth, and the execution of …

May 16, 2023 · The National Portrait Gallery in February unveiled a rare portrait of President Abraham Lincoln. The nine-foot-tall portrait, painted by W.F.K. Travers in 1865, is one of only three known full-length renderings of the 16th president and will be on loan to the Smithsonian gallery in Washington, D.C., for the next five years.

Feb 11, 2023 · The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery unveiled a life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln Friday morning. The 1865 portrait was painted by Dutch artist W.F.K. Travers and is...

This painting’s title refers to Abraham Lincoln as the president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, freeing America’s enslaved, but Pippin illustrated a different moment, a Civil War incident in which Lincoln pardoned a sentry condemned to death for sleeping on duty.