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| Keywords: AbrahamLincolnOilPainting1869Restored.jpg Artwork Creator George P A Healy Abraham Lincoln 1869 oil on canvas cm 187 3 141 3 White House Collection State Dining Room White House Washington D C United States Source of Scholar's Notes Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 The artist paints the president in a listening absorbed pose The figure is pulled forward from the murky olive-gray background by the sculptural modeling the concentration of light upon hands and face the lack of competing accessories Healy molds the chair to the President's body and turns the gilt wood and red brocade into a perfect foil for the strongly projected figure The portrait was painted in Paris and sent to Washington in response to an act of Congress March 3 1869 authorizing a Lincoln portrait for the White House White House Historical Association http //www whitehousehistory org/whha_about/whitehouse_collection/whitehouse_collection-art-05 html Other versions <gallery>File WHstateGWB3 jpg File George W Bush and Lincoln jpg 2007 </gallery> Retouched picture Removed dust and scratches; slight crop Abraham Lincoln by George Peter Alexander Healy jpg Nehrams2020 PD-Art-100 Official presidential painted portraits in the White House 16 Abraham Lincoln Healy State Dining Room Images uploaded by User Nehrams2020 Rococo Revival furniture | ||||
