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Major General Benjamin Lincoln

Maker

After
Henry Sargent (artist)
1770-1845

(artist)
1794-1867

Thomas Illman (engraver)
active by 1824, died ca. 1859 (Life dates)

(author)
1794-1867

(publisher)
19th century (Life dates)

Title

Major General Benjamin Lincoln

Date of Production

1865

Medium

Line and stipple engraving on steel

Dimensions

Height: 17.9 cm
Height: 10.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7475.8

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords










Notes

Part of a series of steel engravings published in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., 1865).

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper right, black ink: 177G4

Stamp: Recto: upper right, stamped in blue: WITT / LIBRARY

Maker's mark: Recto: centre, printed below image: Engraved by T. Illman.

Inscription: Recto: centre, printed below image: MAJOR GENERAL / BENJAMIN LINCOLN,

Signature: Recto: centre, printed below image: B: Lincoln

Maker's mark: Recto: centre, printed below image: PAINTED BY J. HERRING, FROM THE ORIGINAL / BY COL. SARGEANT IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, typed: Nat. Port. Gall. of Distinguished Americans, 1865

Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M

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