Letter From Abraham Lincoln To Mrs. Bixby With Bust-Length Portrait Of Lincoln – Historic Photo Reproduction
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A window into the past: Letter From Abraham Lincoln To Mrs. Bixby With Bust-Length Portrait Of Lincoln, preserved in this antique lithograph. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Letter From Abraham Lincoln To Mrs. Bixby With Bust-Length Portrait Of Lincoln
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Here the familiar Lincoln likeness shares the sheet with the letter long associated with his name, a condolence to Mrs. Lydia Bixby of Boston, who had reportedly lost several sons in the Civil War. The portrait is a steel engraving by John Chester Buttre, based on a photograph by Mathew Brady, and the piece was published around 1891, roughly three decades after the war. The letter's authorship has been questioned by historians, who have suggested that a member of Lincoln's secretarial circle may have drafted it, so the pairing reflects how the nation came to remember Lincoln's words as much as his exact hand.
| Created / published | c. 1891 |
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| Medium | print, steel engraving and lithograph, 46.8 x 34.2 cm. |
| Notes | Engraved by J. C. Buttre. Photo by M.B. Brady. Published by M. F. Tobin, Buttre. Artist, John Chester (b. 1821- d. 1893). . SUMMARY: Print showing a portrait of Lincoln with a letter that he is thought to have written to Mrs. Bixby on the loss of her sons in the Civil War |
| Original scan | 3,871 × 5,331 px · prints to 13 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-P-13 |
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