Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
A crayon drawing of Abraham Lincoln, considered to be the first portrait of him, is owned by Memorial Hall Library. The portrait was done by Charles Alfred Barry in June, 1860 when Lincoln had just been nominated as the Republican candidate for President. A letter from Barry to Mary Todd Lincoln regarding his photographic proofs of the portrait is in the Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln Papers Collection.[1] The portrait was bequested to the library by George Henry Torr of Andover in 1915.
It had been thought that this portrait was no longer in existance until Director Miriam Putnam recognized and identified it in 1947.
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- Andover File--Memorial Hall Library--Artworks--Lincoln Portrait
- Andover Townsman, March 6, 1947
- "Lincoln's First Portrait," Christian Science Monitor, February 12, 1947. See image.
- "Long-Sought "First Portrait of Lincoln Found in Memorial Hall Library, Andover Townsman, March 5 1947.
- "Funds for Southern Schools George H. Torr of Andover Leaves Funds to Tuskegee, Utica and Berea", Boston Evening Transcript, January 14, 1915.
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