Abraham Lincoln Portrait Bust
- Title:
- Abraham Lincoln Portrait Bust
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Ream, Vinnie (American sculptor, 1847-1914)
- Donor:
- Cornell, Ezra
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- ca. 1864-1870
- Location:
- Uris Library, Arthur H. Dean Reading Room, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0117
- Accession Number:
- W84-40.7
UL.D-S5 - File Name:
- artsdb_0117.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- portraits
busts - Materials/Techniques:
- Marble
- Subject:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Ream, Vinnie, 1847-1914 - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Bust of Sixteenth President of the United States Abraham Lincoln (1860-1865). This bust is a replica of the original sketched and modeled from life during the months leading up President Lincoln's assassination. Purchased by Ezra Cornell.
American Sculptor Vinnie Ream was the first woman to be granted a federal commission by the United States. Ream studied under Luigi Majoli, Leon Bonnet, and Clark Mills [Falk, Peter H., Audrey M. Lewis, Georgia Kuchen, and Veronika Roessler. “Ream, Vinnie.”1999. Who was who in American art, 1564-1975: 400 years of artists in America. Madison, CT: Sound View Press]. As an apprentice at Clark Mills’ capitol studio, Ream sculpted busts of notable Congressmen and distinguished guests of Washington D.C. In 1864 she was granted permission to sculpt a bust of President Abraham Lincoln. The bust was sculpted from live sittings with the president at the White House in the months leading up to the President’s assassination, and completed after his death. It is considered to be the last piece of artwork made of President Lincoln during his lifetime. In 1866, at 18 years of age, Ream was commissioned to sculpt a full-scale marble statue of Lincoln for the Capitol Rotunda [Sicherman, Barbara, and Carol Hurd Green. "Ream, Vinnie."1980. Notable American women the modern period: a biographical dictionary. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?WASS
1000169010]. Ream’s other notable works include a bronze statue of Civil War Navy Admiral David. G. Farragut located in Farragut Square of Washington D.C, and sculptures of Samuel Jordan Kirkwood and Native American “Sequoyah” displayed in the National Statuary Hall Collection [Sherwood, Glenn V. 2001. Vinnie Ream Lincoln's young sculptor. [Longmont, CO?]: Hi-Country Media Productions]. - Source:
- Falk, Peter H., Audrey M. Lewis, Georgia Kuchen, and Veronika Roessler. “Ream,Vinnie.”1999. Who was who in American art, 1564-1975: 400 years of artists in America. Madison, CT: Sound View Press
Memorandum by Stephen McCarthy to James A. Perkins, December 23, 1965, Dale R. Corson papers, 1963-1977. Collection Number 3-11-1665, Box 13, File Folder 28-30, Cornell University Libraries. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Sicherman, Barbara, and Carol Hurd Green. "Ream, Vinnie." 1980. Notable American women the modern period: a biographical dictionary. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?WASS
1000169010.
Sherwood, Glenn V. 2001. Vinnie Ream Lincoln's young sculptor. [Longmont, CO?]: Hi-Country Media Productions. - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.