Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
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Date |
1861-1863 |
Catalog Number |
94.3.135 A-B |
Year Range from |
1861 |
Description |
Framed engraving print of Abraham Lincoln. He is seated, turned to the left of the viewer, at a desk. Desk features papers, a lamp, and a bust. There is a globe and a rolled up document on the floor. White mat with the words ABRAHAM LINCOLN below the image. Frame is wooden, painted gold, with glass over the image. "Steel engraving which hung in the Schuyler Colfax home. Presented by the President Abraham Lincoln, when Mr. Schuyler Colfax was chairman of the Ways and Means committee in the house of representatives. Presented to the Northern Indiana Historical Society by Mrs. Williamson of Goshen, Indiana through the courtesy of Howard C. Geiger." |
Collection |
Colfax Collection |
Provenance |
A note reads, "from the home of Schuyler Colfax. Presented to Colfax by President Lincoln, when Colfax was the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives. Presented to the Northern Indiana Historical Society by Mrs. Williamson of Goshen, Indiana through the courtesy of Howard C. Geiger." However, Colfax never served on the House Committee on Ways and Means. He was chair of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads from 1859-1863 during Lincoln's presidency; it is likely the wrong committeee was cited. |
Credit line |
The History Museum Collection |
People |
Colfax, Schuyler Lincoln, Abraham |