1982.17
Abraham Lincoln and his Son Thad
1863 (Date created)
1941 (Date accessioned)
1941 (Date accessioned)
Ink
Lithograph
Prints
11.125 in W
x
13.875 in H
(Paper)
8.375 in W x 11.25 in H (Image)
8.375 in W x 11.25 in H (Image)
American
Lincoln (left) and his son (right) looking at a picture album. Print by an unknown engraver based on a photograph by Brady (1863 or early 1864). Published by L. Prang & Co., Lithographers, Boston, Mass.
President Lincoln is shown with his son, Tad, in this lithograph print from a famous Mathew Brady photograph. Brady is often celebrated as early photographer, and the best known documenter of the American Civil War.
Though there exist military portraits from the Civil War of soldiers who were not officers, they are much more uncommon than portraits of named men, like these. The men depicted in their military dress, sitting stoically, give the impression of calculating military minds; they are not remembered for how they lived, but for what they have accomplished on the battlefield. Interestingly, these five men served in the Confederate army, though here they are shown in comparison with a portrait of Lincoln and his young son. The image of Lincoln, arguably one of filial compassion, serves to bring out the humanity of the adjacent portraits. Though the Confederacy lost the war, the people who made up that confederacy were still deserving of respect.
-from exhibition label for Face Value (fall 2012)
Though there exist military portraits from the Civil War of soldiers who were not officers, they are much more uncommon than portraits of named men, like these. The men depicted in their military dress, sitting stoically, give the impression of calculating military minds; they are not remembered for how they lived, but for what they have accomplished on the battlefield. Interestingly, these five men served in the Confederate army, though here they are shown in comparison with a portrait of Lincoln and his young son. The image of Lincoln, arguably one of filial compassion, serves to bring out the humanity of the adjacent portraits. Though the Confederacy lost the war, the people who made up that confederacy were still deserving of respect.
-from exhibition label for Face Value (fall 2012)
In Collection
Gift of Mrs. John S. McCormick (1941)
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