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American Civil War ➔ Portrait Doll Of Abraham Lincoln
Identifier:
1995.46.3Description:
Figure is standing and leaning to his right with his arms stretched out forward; the face is pinkish flesh color, charcoal hair and beard, blue eyes, red lips. The figure is wearing a black suit made out of felt with a similar top hat, attached to the figure near the waist. It also has a white shirt, black cravat tie, cream vest, and a scarf around its neck with a quilt-type pattern in red, green, blue, pink and cream. Leather shoes are attached to the plywood stand with nails.;Dolls were used by the B'nai B'rith Women, Grand Rapids Chapter, as part of the national B'nai B'rith Women's 'Dolls for Democracy' program, to educate local school and community groups about the worth and dignity of every human being and every individual's right to full and equal opportunity to develop to full potential. The accompanying file includes general information on the program and biographies on each doll made. (26 dolls in all);Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. His tenure in office was occupied primarily with the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Six days after the large-scale surrender of Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee, Lincoln became the first American president to be assassinated.;1) 'Entirely Hand Made/BY/Cecil Weeks/INDEPENDENCE, MO.'. |Date:
circa 1965Materials:
Composition, Plywood, Leather, Felt, Fabric, PaintDimensions:
10.5" h 3.25" w 3.25" dCurrent Location Status:
Education ProgramSource:
Gift Of Grand Rapids Chapter B'nai B'rith WomenLinks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_LincolnRelated Entities:
Weeks, Cecil (creator) Bnai Brith Women (donor) Abraham Lincoln (is related to)Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.