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English: White House gets Lincoln portrait   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
Title
English: White House gets Lincoln portrait
Description
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
Date 22 March 1939
date QS:P571,+1939-03-22T00:00:00Z/11
Medium 1 negative : glass
Dimensions 4 x 5 in. or smaller
institution QS:P195,Q131454
Current location
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Accession number
  • LC-DIG-hec-26346 (digital file from original negative)
  • Call Number: LC-H22-D- 6170 [P&P]
Notes
  • Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
  • Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
  • General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
  • Temp. note: Batch five.
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under the digital ID hec.26346.
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