Abraham Lincoln, the President Elect, Addressing the People from the Astor House Balcony, February 19, 1861

published 1861

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.6 x 23.3 cm (10 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.2 x 28.5 cm (15 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.31.47

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, undescribed

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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1936

  • Foster, Allen Evarts. "A check list of illustrations by Winslow Homer in 'Harper's Weekly' and other periodicals." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 40 (1936): 842-852. Separately published New York: New York Public Library, 1936.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: H; across bottom: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE PRESIDENT ELECT, ADDRESSING THE PEOPLE FROM THE ASTOR HOUSE BALCONY, FEBRUARY 19, 1861.-[See next Page.]

Wikidata ID

Q74072520

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