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Abraham Lincoln, Rail-Splitter, (painting). Artist:  Blythe, David Gilmour, 1815-1865, painter. Title:  Abraham Lincoln, Rail-Splitter, (painting). Dates:  1860. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm). Inscription:  (Lower center:) Blythe signed Description:  A central image of Abraham Lincoln resting from his work as rail-splitter is surrounded by eleven satirical political images, including images of Lincoln and his own political journey from young man to president. Subject:  Cartoon -- Political Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- President Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 63.19 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Batchelor, Charles W., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by 1879. Bradshaw, W. W., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before 1905. Bradshaw, Frank, Thornburg, Pennsylvania by 1932. Condon, Mary J. R., Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts Gift of Mellon, Paul, Upperville, Virginia 1963. References:  Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992. Catalogue of Painting Collection, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973, pg. 19. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990. Illustration:  Image on file. Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992, pg. 91. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 46470127   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 46470127 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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