Nancy Hanks and Boy Abraham Lincoln (#4)

Paul Manship, Nancy Hanks and Boy Abraham Lincoln (#4), ca. 1929, bronze on marble base, 12 389 127 12 in. (31.324.219.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1965.16.24

Artwork Details

Title
Nancy Hanks and Boy Abraham Lincoln (#4)
Artist
Date
ca. 1929
Dimensions
12 389 127 12 in. (31.324.219.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums
Mediums Description
bronze on marble base
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Lincoln, Abraham — full length
  • Portrait female — Hanks, Nancy — full length
  • Portrait male — Lincoln, Abraham — child
  • Occupation — education — teacher
Object Number
1965.16.24

Artwork Description

These studies of Abraham Lincoln were for a statue outside the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company offices in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Paul Manship wanted to show Lincoln as a younger man, but the earliest existing photo was taken when the future president was thirty-seven. To get an idea of what he might have looked like before this, Manship and the director of the insurance company, Louis A. Warren, toured the areas where Lincoln grew up in Indiana and Kentucky, and researched his family genealogy. Nancy Hanks and Boy Abraham Lincoln was one of the earlier studies, but Manship later rejected the figure of the mother and modeled Abraham Lincoln the Hoosier Youth for the commission.

Works by this artist (483 items)

Paul Manship, Susanna (#1), 1948, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.1
Susanna (#1)
Date1948
marble
On view
Paul Manship, Eve (#1), 1935, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.6
Eve (#1)
Date1935
bronze
On view
Paul Manship, Model of Flagpole Base, Alfred E. Smith Memorial, n.d., cast posthumously, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1971.15
Model of Flagpole Base, Alfred E. Smith Memorial
Daten.d., cast posthumously
bronze
On view
Paul Manship, Pegasus, 1937, bronze on marble base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.26
Pegasus
Date1937
bronze on marble base
On view

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Cat with Back Up
Date1916
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Gertrude K. Lathrop, Nancy Lee, 1922, bronze mounted on black marble base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gertrude K. Lathrop, 1933.1.3
Nancy Lee
Date1922
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