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Object ID 2006.0008.152
Accession# 2006.0008
Object Name Lincoln Portrait
Title False Lincoln #1
Description A print with Abraham Lincoln's head superimposed on John Calhoun's torso. These false Lincolns were put on the market after Lincoln's death. The demand of Lincoln pictures was so great that the printers went to the trouble of doing these other political figures over. In original old frame. From the Robert L. Hunker collection.
Search Terms G.A.R. Hall
Grand Army of the Republic
Civil War
Union Army
Abraham Lincoln
Collection Robert L. Hunker G.A.R. Collection
People Hunker, Robert L.
Lincoln, Abraham
Calhoun, John
Rosenthal, Fred
Subjects War
Civil wars
Artist William C. Lake
Catalog date 03/28/2006
Catalog type History
Collector Robert L. Hunker
Count 1
Credit line Robert L. Hunker
Dimension notes Natural polished dark wood frame
Dimensions W-28.5 L-34 inches
Home Location G.A.R. Hall Museum
Provenance Approximately 1969-70 Hunker purchased the Lincoln collection from the son of Fred Rosenthal, a collector and student of Lincoln. The son and his wife were the first renters of the Bank Building restored by Hunker in 1969.
Recfrom Hunker G.A.R. Collection
Site G.A.R. Hall Museum
Site # 31
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