About the Artwork
Lincoln Anniversary Medal
1893
Henry H. Zearing
19th-early 20th century
American
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Bronze
Overall: 1 13/16 inches (4.6 cm)
Medals
American Art before 1950
Gift of Armand H. Griffith
07.18
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Inscribed, on obverse, around portrait: 1809 Abraham Lincoln 1865 Inscribed, on reverse: With | malice toward | none with charity | for all with firmness | in the right as God | gives us to see the | right let us strive on. [circular symbols] Let us have faith that | right makes might and | in that faith let us | to the end, dar to | do out duty as we | understand it.
Provenance
1907-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Henry H. Zearing, Lincoln Anniversary Medal, 1893, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Armand H. Griffith, 07.18.
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