Creator(s)	Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890, artist.
Title	Hon. Abraham Lincoln.
Link to library catalog record	http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=419841
Date	[1860].
Physical Description	1 print : lithograph, b&w ; image 55 x 41 cm., sheet 65.6 x 48.2 cm.
Summary	Bust-length portrait of a clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln with his shoulders facing front and his head in three-quarter view turned to his left. The original oil portrait was painted by Thomas Hicks in Lincoln's office in the State House in Springfield, Illinois in June 1860. Hicks was commissioned to paint it as a preliminary to this lithograph after Lincoln had received the Republican nomination for the presidency. The print was widely distributed during the 1860 presidential campaign. A facsimile of Lincoln's signature, "Yours truly A. Lincoln" appears below the portrait. Gift of Raymond S. Wilkins, February 1951. #1951.1.
Provenance	Wilkins, Raymond S., donor.
Subject(s)	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Portraits. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--Elections--Portraits. Elections--United States--1860--Portraits. Presidents--United States--Election--1860--Portraits.
Genre terms	Lithographs--United States--1860-1870.
Location/Call number	Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) C 5.4 Lin.a.1860
Source	445_81.tif
Rights	Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46