At the height of WWII, Aaron Copland used excerpts from Lincoln's speeches, combined with musical quotations from American songs, to create one of... Abraham Lincoln: A Portrait In Music And Words ...

The National Portrait Gallery will unveil a nine-foot-tall portrait of Abraham Lincoln by the Dutch artist W.F.K. Travers on February 10. It’s a remarkable work with an even more remarkable backstory: ...

Boasting both historic and artistic import, this remarkably rare period oil painting depicts one of the most recognized and admired figures in American history, created by one of the very few black ...

The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery unveiled a life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln Friday morning. The 1865 portrait was painted by Dutch artist W.F.K. Travers and is one of three ...

Credit: “Abraham Lincoln,” Willem Frederik Karel Travers, oil on canvas, 1865. On loan from the Hartley Dodge Foundation, and courtesy of the citizens of the Borough of Madison, New Jersey. Photo by ...

SACRAMENTO — A lost family heirloom that dates back to the Civil War has returned to its rightful owners in Sacramento. A framed portrait of Abraham Lincoln dates back to 1865. It was the same year ...

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The 16th president lived in an era that witnessed great technical innovation and the commercial expansion of photography Scholars estimate that Lincoln sat for 33 photographers and 127 portraits in ...

Created from life in 1865, this nine-foot-tall oil on canvas is one of three known, life-size paintings of the 16th president Gabrielle Obusek The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced ...

“Abraham Lincoln” (1865) by W.F.K. Travers in the "America's Presidents" gallery at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, on loan from the Hartley Dodge Foundation. Courtesy of National ...

A recently filed bill would require portraits of former presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to be displayed in ...

Lincoln, plain man of the people / Bell Irvin Wiley -- Lincoln and human rights / Harvey Wish -- Lincoln the emancipator / Kenneth A. Bernard -- Lincoln, the lawyer / William H. Townsend -- / Lincoln ...