Letter, 1866 Feb. 13, Philadelphia, to Daniel Huntington.

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Letter, 1866 Feb. 13, Philadelphia, to Daniel Huntington.

Having painted Lincoln's portrait for Independence Hall, Marchant describes from memory Lincoln's appearance.

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Marchant, Edward Dalton, 1806-1887

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Portrait painter. From the description of Letter, 1866 Feb. 13, Philadelphia, to Daniel Huntington. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 174141748 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906

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Daniel Huntington was a portrait, historical, and landscape painter. Born Oct. 14, 1816 in New York City, Huntington was a student at Hamilton College from 1832 to 1836. He studied under S.F.B. Morse and Henry Inman and then went to Europe in 1839 and again from 1842 to 1845, spending most of his time in Rome. Elected a National Academician in 1840, Huntington served twice as President of the National Academy, from 1862 to 1870 and from 1877 to 1890. He died in New York City on April 18, 1906. ...