Identifier: artisxxxxxxxxblinc (find matches)
Title: Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Bowser, David Bustill, 1820-1900 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents in art Painting, American African American painters Presidents
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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for the3rd Regiment, United States Colored Troops(top). The artists version of Pennsylvaniasstate emblem (right) appeared on afirecompanys insignia. ven though many citizens of the day saw the black soldier as a threat, Bowser perceived—and gallantly illustrated—him as a citizen of color, defending his country. Villard places Brown in Philadelphia forone week, from March 9 to March 16,and it may have been during that timethat Bowser created his famous Firebell inthe Night. Bowser also executed a portraitof Abraham Lincoln, but its unclear ifthe painting was painted from life orfrom a photograph. The argument that itwas done from life rests on a report thatLincoln gave Bowser a check for thework, but this is contrary to the observa-tion that Bowsers portrait isunquestionably copied from a photo-graph made in 1865 to be used for theengraving on a new American five-dollarnote. Not only is there no correspon-dence with Bowser among Lincolnspapers, but also the check cannot belocated.
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