Taken just days prior to his delivery of the Gettysburg Address, this November 8, 1863 photograph became one of the best known likenesses of President Lincoln and is often referred to as the Gettysburg portrait. Taken by Alexander Gardner at Mathew Brady’s studio in Washington, DC, this was one of several poses captured by Gardner in this visit. Over the course of their professional relationship, Gardner shot over 38 images of Lincoln, more than any other photographer.
[Unknown Designer]
[Pop Art Lincoln]
Screenprint on Canvas
2024.010.004
Tom Fontanes American, b. 1948
[Portrait of Abraham Lincoln], 2023
Mosaic with Scrabble tiles
2023.341.001, Gift of Todd Loza
In this mosaic, Fontanes utilizes colored Scrabble tiles to create a pixelated image of Lincoln, with letters on tiles forming word relevant to Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln Memorial Shrine.
Nathaniel Chasin Russian, circa 1890-1970
Abraham Lincoln His Gettysburg Address and Biography, 1926
Micrographic Lithograph
SO.2019.212
Chasin created a fascinating portrait using Lincoln’s own words as the building blocks of the image.
J. Redding Kelly American, 1873-1939
[Portrait of Abraham Lincoln], 1926
Lithograph with transparent embellishments
2024.010.005
J. Redding Kelly was a portrait painter and served as the chair of the Department of Art at Brooklynn College. Publisher Rode & Brand of New York printed numerous copies of Kelly’s 1926 portrait of Lincoln.
Otto Schneider American, 1865-1950
[Portrait of Abraham Lincoln], 1906
Etching
SO.2019.179
[Unknown Artist]
[Portrait of Abraham Lincoln]
Gouache
SO.2019.204
Otto Schneider American, 1865-1850
[Portrait of Abraham Lincoln], 1906
Etching
2018.082.001, Gift of R. Bruce Rieser
