Allegorical print showing the Greek philosopher Diogenes resting his lamp on an oval framed portrait of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States. Lincoln, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, faces slightly right. Also includes a view of the U.S. Capitol with its original dome designed by Charles Bulfinch., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Created postfreeze., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Hall, Henry Bryan, 1808-1884, engraver
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *portrait prints - L [5792.F.82]
