Right Hand of Abraham Lincoln, 1860; cast 1886, Bronze, L. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm), Sculpture, Leonard Wells Volk (1828–1895), Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire), In 1860 Volk made molds of the face and hands of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). The life mask reproduces Lincoln’s beardless face as it appeared during his first presidential campaign. The hand grips a broomstick, a prop that Lincoln improvised upon Volk’s suggestion that he hold something cylindrical resembling a document
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Right Hand, Abraham Lincoln, 1860, cast 1886, Bronze, L, 6 1/4, 15.9 cm, Sculpture, Leonard Wells Volk, 1828–1895, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, Dublin, 1848–1907, Cornish, New Hampshire, Volk, molds, face, hands, 1809–1865, life mask, reproduces, Lincoln, beardless, appeared, first presidential, campaign, hand grips, broomstick, prop, Lincoln improvised, upon, suggestion, hold something, cylindrical, resembling, document
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