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| Keywords: White House gets Lincoln portrait.jpg Photograph Harris Ewing photographer en White House gets Lincoln portrait through will of Mrs Robert Todd Lincoln Washington D C March 22 Through provisions of the will of the late Mrs Robert Todd Lincoln who died in 1937 a portrait of Lincoln painted by G P A Healy was to become the property of her daughter Mary Lincoln Isham and following her death to be offered to the U S Government provided that it be hung in the White House Through executors of the will the White House accepted the painting and it was today delivered to Capt Howard Ker U S Engineer Corps in charge of buildings and grounds at the White House Capt Ker is shown with the Healy portrait 3-22-39 1939-03-22 1 negative glass 4 x 5 in or smaller Institution Library of Congress Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA object history credit line accession number LC-DIG-hec-26346 digital file from original negative Call Number LC-H22-D- 6170 P P Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris Ewing Collection Gift; Harris Ewing Inc 1955 General information about the Harris Ewing Collection is available at http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp hec Temp note Batch five LOC-Image hec 26346 Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication White house gets lincoln portrait tif yes Custom license marker 2013 06 09 PD-Harris-Ewing Abraham Lincoln Healy White House in 1939 | ||||
