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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1108
People
Daniel Chester French, American (Exeter, NH 1850 - 1931 Glendale, MA)
Title
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Other Titles
Former Title: Lincoln Seated
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1916
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230003

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
81.3 x 70.5 x 69.9 cm (32 x 27 3/4 x 27 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l. side of base: DC French March 1916
  • foundry mark: right rear of base: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, N.Y.
  • inscription: front, second tier of base:
    ©

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchased from the artist by Grenville L. Winthrop, 1920; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1108
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Margaret French Cresson, Journey into Fame : the Life of Daniel Chester French, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1947), pp. 270-281
  • H. Wade White, "Nineteenth Century American Sculpture at Harvard, a Glance at the Collection", Harvard Library Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, October 1970), vol. XVIII, no. 4, p. 365
  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 125, ill.
  • Michael Richman, Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor, exh. cat., National Trust for Historic Preservation / Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 1976), p. 184, note 47
  • Barbara J. Mitnick, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1863-1930: American Painter Historian, exh. cat., Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (Laurel, MS, 1985), reproduced fig. 8, p. 7, b/w
  • Stephan Wolohojian, ed., A Private Passion: 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New York, 2003), pp. 440-442, cat. 197, ill.
  • Stephan Wolohojian, Ingres, Burne-Jones, Whistler, Renoir... La Collection Grenville L. Winthrop, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, France, 2003), pp. 454-56, cat. 197, ill.
  • Judy Murray and Ray Williams, Engaging New Americans, Preparing for US Citizenship with the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2012), ill. p. 26
  • Don Partington, Looking for Lincoln: The story of the March, 1916 Daniel Chester French 33 inch working model for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Pace, Florida, 2016), pp. 4-5 + 23

Exhibition History

  • American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972
  • A Private Passion: 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10/23/2003 - 01/25/2004
  • Re-View: S424-426 Western Art from 1560 to 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/16/2008 - 06/18/2011

Verification Level

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