Identifier: artisxxhlinc (find matches)
Title: Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits. correspondence
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents Presidents in art Painting, American Lithography, American Letters
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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eat satisfaction to me, if the Portrait of our martyr President could beowned by the State of Illinois and thus find a permanent place in the city so long hishome and where the Portrait was painted. Thomas Hicks. An account of the sittings written by the artist in 1885 and published in 1886 in theReminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time (vide infra),reads in part: When the news of Mr. Lincolns nomination reached the City of New York, a leadingpublishing house engaged me to go to Springfield to paint a portrait of him, a lithographof which was to be used in the coming campaign. A day later, I happened to be in theeditorial rooms of the New York Tribune, when Horace Greeley returned from theChicago Convention. As he entered, stained with the dust and grime of travel, the staffcrowded around him in great excitement to hear from him the details of the Convention.. . . After the excitement had somewhat quieted, I told them I was commissioned to paint (Continued 140
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(number 677) KINDLY READ CONDITIONS OF SALE IN FOREPART OF CATALOGUE Nu/nber6jy—Continued a portrait of Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Dana kindly gave me a letter of introduction to Mr.Herndon, of Springfield, who was a former partner of Mr. Lincoln. . . .... When I stood in the presence of a tall, gaunt man, with a pleasant expression onhis well-marked features, and had a genial, hearty handshake from his long, swingingarm, I saw that in my subject there was plenty of character with which to make a desir-able likeness. When he had read Danas letter, which explained the object of my visit,he said: Yes, I will do in this matter what my friends in New York wish of me; and Iam much obliged to you, sir, for coming so far to paint my likeness for them. He thenasked me if I wanted a particular kind of light for my work. There was a very suitablelight in his office, and it was quickly arranged that I should do my work there, and that heshould give me sittings from eight to nine oclock in the morning

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