Cast Left Hand of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
P. P. Caproni & Bro., Plastic Arts, Boston, American, active 1892 - 1927
1910s
Plaster
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Kendall Banning, Class of 1902
29.63.17449
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
On view
Course History
Art History 63.02, Why Are Museums...?, Mary Coffey, Spring 2026
Art History 63.02, Why Are Museums…?, Mary Coffey, Spring 2025
Exhibition History
Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 4-December 11, 2005.
Nurturing Nationhood: Artistic Constructions of America, 1790-1940, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; February 7-August 29, 2026.
Publication History
Barbara Thompson, Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005.
Provenance
Kendall Banning (1879-1944), Class of 1902; given to the present collection, 1929.
Catalogue Raisonne
Caproni #14319
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