Silhouette of Mary Lincoln seated in a chair – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Silhouette of Mary Lincoln seated in a chair. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Silhouette of Mary Lincoln seated in a chair
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln, is shown here in profile, seated in a chair, rendered in the flat black cut-paper style known as a silhouette. Silhouettes were a popular and inexpensive likeness in the mid-nineteenth century, made by tracing a sitter's outline and cutting it from dark paper or painting it on glass, and they were often mounted against a light ground. Portraits of the First Lady in this format were common among families of the period, and this one offers a quieter, more intimate view of a woman who spent her years in the White House under intense public scrutiny.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,032 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
|---|---|
| Reference | L-F-10 |
More from the Presidents collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; a detail from portrait showing Lincoln seated in a chair]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e9/e9484c2a4aa5-400.webp)
![[Abraham Lincoln, seated and holding a book, with his son Tad (Thomas) leaning on a table]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a7/a78223b7d61c-400.webp)