File:White House gets Lincoln portrait.jpg
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[edit]English: White House gets Lincoln portrait ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harris & Ewing, photographer |
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English: White House gets Lincoln portrait |
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English: White House gets Lincoln portrait through will of Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln. Washington, D.C., March 22. Through provisions of the will of the late Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln who died in 1937, a portrait of Lincoln painted by G.P.A. Healy was to become the property of her daughter, Mary Lincoln Isham, and following her death to be offered to the U.S. Government, provided that it be hung in the White House. Through executors of the will, the White House accepted the painting and it was today delivered to Capt. Howard Ker U.S. Engineer Corps, in charge of buildings and grounds at the White House. Capt. Ker is shown with the Healy portrait. 3-22-39 |
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Date |
22 March 1939 date QS:P571,+1939-03-22T00:00:00Z/11 |
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Medium | 1 negative : glass | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 4 x 5 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q131454 |
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Current location |
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |
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Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This work is from the Harris & Ewing collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work. |
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