Abraham Lincoln
Fetter's Picture Gallery Unidentified Artist (after)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Case Open: 7.3 x 12.4 cm (2 7/8 x 4 7/8"); Case Closed: 7.3 x 6.2 cm (2 7/8 x 2 7/16")
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The image presents one recognizable sitter, and the catalog identifies the subject and title as Abraham Lincoln.
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Political Figures Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies Abraham Lincoln and lists his political and governmental roles, including President of the United States and U.S. Congressman.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The case surround is densely decorated with raised scrollwork, bead-like borders, geometric motifs, and other elaborate ornament.
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Symmetrical Visual · 95%
The surrounding ornament is arranged in a strongly balanced, near-symmetrical rectangular design around the central portrait.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a photograph and identifies the medium as a ninth-plate ambrotype (copy plate).
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Copies and Emulations Metadata · 96%
The catalog identifies the object as a copy plate after an unidentified artist's c. 1858 original.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The object is dated c. 1860 after a c. 1858 original, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Source & rights
Fetter's Picture Gallery. Abraham Lincoln. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.