The Boyhood Of Lincoln - An Evening In The Log Hut – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of The Boyhood Of Lincoln - An Evening In The Log Hut. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
The Boyhood Of Lincoln - An Evening In The Log Hut
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Lincoln appears here as a barefoot boy stretched out before the fire in a log hut, absorbed in a book while the household goes on around him. The chromolithograph reproduces a painting by Eastman Johnson and was published by L. Prang & Co. of Boston, a firm known for color prints meant for family parlors. The scene drew on the popular story of Lincoln teaching himself by firelight, and it turned his frontier childhood into a lesson about perseverance and self-education. Notice how the figures around him are arranged so that the boy with the book becomes the emotional center of the room.
| Created / published | c. 1868 |
|---|---|
| Medium | chromolithograph, 54.3 x 43.6 cm. |
| Notes | W. Harring, Boston. Published by L. Prang & Co |
| Original scan | 4,873 × 6,128 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-F-2 |
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