Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- Born Hardin County, Kentucky
- Leonard Wells Volk made this life mask of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, before Lincoln began his run for the
- presidency. Volk had wanted to create a bust of him to add to his collection of American statesmen, but Lincoln did not have time to pose. Poet and editor Richard Watson Gilder, who owned a bronze version of the work, wrote after Lincoln’s assassination, “This bronze doth keep the very form and mold / Of our great martyr’s face. Yes, this is he: / That brow all wisdom and benignity . . . .”
- Nacido en el condado de Hardin, Kentucky
- Leonard Wells Volk tomó este molde de la cara de Lincoln en 1860, antes de que este se postulara para
- la presidencia. Volk quería crear un busto de él para añadirlo a su colección de estadistas estadounidenses, pero Lincoln no tenía tiempo para posar. El poeta y editor Richard Watson Gilder, quien poseía una version de la obra en bronce, escribió después del asesinato de
- Lincoln: “Este bronce en verdad conserva las formas del rostro de nuestro gran mártir. Sí, es él: esa frente que es toda sabiduría y bondad . . .”.
- Provenance
- National Museum of American History (now National Museum of American History); transferred to NPG 1971
- Date
- 1917 cast after 1860 original
- Cast after
- Leonard Wells Volk, 1828 - 1895
- Sitter
- Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
- Topic
- Mask\Life mask
- Abraham Lincoln: Male
- Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US
- Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist
- Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
- Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder
- Portrait
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- America's Presidents (Reinstallation September 2017)
- On View
- NPG, West Gallery 240
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Object number
- NPG.71.24
- Type
- Sculpture
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Medium
- Plaster
- Dimensions
- 14.6 x 21.6 x 23.5cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 9 1/4")
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.71.24
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