Artists of Abraham Lincoln Portraits

Download or read book Artists of Abraham Lincoln Portraits written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Artists of Abraham Lincoln Portraits: William T. Matthews; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources From the Files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Matthews removed the painting in disgust, and kept it with him until his death. At that point, the artist's brother Charles tried unsuccessfully to sell the canvas. Then finally, in reduced circumstances, he used the life size Lincoln as collateral for a $250 loan. Charles Mat thews never repayed that loan and his brother's Lincoln portrait was not seen again until an American in Eng land who bought and sold antiques picked the painting up. That American was the brother of the Commack, Long Island woman who decided to have a garage sale two years ago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.