Abraham Lincoln
Leonard Wells Volk, American, 1828 - 1895
1860
Bronze
Overall: 21 × 9 in. (53.3 × 22.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Perc S. Brown, Class of 1941P, in memory of his wife, Marie Beach Brown, through the Friends of the Library
S.952.24
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Bronze plaque, on back: Modeled from life by Leonard W. Volk, Chicago 1860 / Replica
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.
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
Perc S. Brown (1894-1963, Class of 1941P); given to the present collection, 1952.
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