• Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth
    R. D. Bayley
    portrait
    abolition
    This painting of President Abraham Lincoln was created by R. D. Bayley. The painting depicts Lincoln showing abolitionist Sojourner Truth a bible gifted to him by African Americans from Baltimore, Maryland. Bayley completed the painting on October 29, 1864. The image of the painting is mounted on a cabinet card.
  • Tad Lincoln on Horseback
    Unknown
    First Family
    This drawing of Thomas Lincoln, commonly referred to as Tad, was inspired by a nearly identical photograph of President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln's youngest child astride his pony. In this depiction, however, President Lincoln has been added to the background, watching over his son. The original piece was a carte de viste.
  • Abraham Lincoln
    Jeno Juszko
    portrait
    sculpture
    This bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln was created by Hungarian American sculptor Jeno Juszko in 1925. Juszko was well-known for his portrait sculptures and busts, capturing lifelike representations of religious, political, and military leaders throughout his career. This sculpture was made at the American Art Foundry located in New York.
  • Abraham Lincoln
    Gutzon Borglum
    likeness
    sculpture
    busts
    This bronze bust of President Abraham Lincoln was created by American sculptor Gutzon Borglum, formally known as John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, in 1908. The large bust is installed atop a tall, white, stone pillar and has historically been displayed in a niche in the East Garden Room, visible to public visitors and guests as they enter the White House through the East Wing. Borglum was also famous for his work on Stone Mountain and Mount Rushmore.
  • Abraham Lincoln
    Charles H. Humphriss
    portrait
    sculpture
    This bronze bas-relief of President Abraham Lincoln was created by sculptor Charles H. Humphriss in 1912. The bas-relief was created at Roman Bronze Works, a foundry located in New York. Humphriss was a sculptor known for his work with Native American subjects.
  • Abraham Lincoln & General Scott Review Volunteer Troops
    Alfred R. Waud
    military
    Civil War
    This sketch was drawn in 1861 by Alfred R. Waud, an artist and illustrator who worked as a correspondent during the Civil War. The drawing was done on green paper using pencil and Chinese white, a white pigment used in watercoloring. In the drawing, President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfeld Scott review volunteer troops parading down Pennsylvania Avenue. President Lincoln and Scott stand under a tent erected outside the North Grounds of the White House, perhaps the first reviewing stand built near the White House grounds.
  • President Lincoln and His Cabinet in Council at the White House
    Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
    Cabinet
    This wood engraving print of President Abraham Lincoln meeting with his Cabinet was published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" on March 30, 1861. The purpose of the Cabinet meeting, just weeks into President Lincoln's first administration, was to evaluate the developing situation at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. Fort Sumter would be the location of the first shots of the American Civil War and play an important role in the prolonged Union siege of Charleston.
  • The Visit: A War Worker Calls for a Favor, Late 1862
    Peter Waddell
    Civil War
    This oil painting of President Abraham Lincoln was made around 2007 by artist Peter Waddell. The painting depicts Mary Livermore's meeting with Lincoln in the White House in late 1862. Livermore, a women's rights advocate and abolitionist, came to the White House to request a handwritten copy of the Emancipation Proclamation to auction off for a charity event being held by the United States Sanitary Commission, a relief agency who worked to support hurt and sick soldiers during the Civil War. Lincoln obliged Livermore's request and his copy of the Proclamation netted the Commission $3,000. On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln would sign the Emancipation Proclamation from the large wooden table seen in Waddell's depiction. In the painting, Lincoln meets with Livermore in his Cabinet Room and office, located on the Second Floor of the White House. The room would be renamed the Lincoln Bedroom by President Harry S. Truman after the Truman renovation of 1948-1952. ***Interior use only for publications***
  • Lincoln's Second Inaugural, 1865
    Allyn Cox
    inauguration
    This mural depicting President Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address on March 4, 1865 was painted by artist Allyn Cox. The center scene in the mural shows President Lincoln on the steps of the East Portico of the just-completed United States Capitol. Seated behind Lincoln is Vice President Andrew Johnson and standing next to Johnson is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Salmon P. Chase. This historical image of the inauguration is buttressed by a painting of a Civil War-era soldier on the left, symbolizing sacrifice in the name of freedom and reunification, and an African American voter on the right, reinforcing the strength of the 15th Amendment and the right of African American men to vote. This mural resides in the Cox Corridors of the Capitol. Cox painted numerous murals throughout the Capitol and completed the "Frieze of American History" in the Capitol Rotunda that was originally started by Constantino Brumidi in 1878.
  • Abraham Lincoln
    Charles Henry Niehaus
    portrait
    sculpture
    This bronze bust of President Abraham Lincoln was made by American sculptor Charles Henry Niehaus in the late 19th century. Niehaus was an eminent sculptor known for his representations of politicians including, among others, William McKinley, James Garfield, and Henry Clay. Several of his statues reside in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol and his bust of President Benjamin Harrison is also a part of the White House Collection.
  • Tad Lincoln Reads with His Father
    F. B. Carpenter
    First Family
    This miniature painting of President Abraham Lincoln was made by New York artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter, better known as F. B. Carpenter, between 1873 to 1874. In the painting, Lincoln looks over the shoulder of his youngest son, Tad Lincoln, in a concerning manner. The White House is visible through a window in the background and President Lincoln's childhood in Kentucky is represented with a painting of a log cabin hanging on the wall. Carpenter had previously painted Lincoln for his depiction of the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, which is also in the White House Collection. For the painting, Carpenter worked off of portrait photographs taken at Mathew Brady's studio and in the White House. Included in that series of photographs was one of President Lincoln and Tad taken on February 9, 1864 and served as the basis for this painting.