Collection:
Lincoln Collection
Object ID:
2014.074
Object Name:
Drawing
Date:
1924
Description:
Illustration. Pen & Ink. J.J. Coates, 1924. Based on a photograph by Anthony Berger at Matthew Brady's Washington gallery, Tuesday, February 9, 1864.
Professor Coates was a former slave who operated a school for handwriting. Note by Mary Bowditch Forbes.
"Done by an old slave named Coates with pen and ink. M.B.F.
"The famous picture by BRADY of Lincoln and his son Thomas, commonly called "Tad." They were comrades during the Civil War days in the White House."
Professor Coates was a former slave who operated a school for handwriting. Note by Mary Bowditch Forbes.
"Done by an old slave named Coates with pen and ink. M.B.F.
"The famous picture by BRADY of Lincoln and his son Thomas, commonly called "Tad." They were comrades during the Civil War days in the White House."
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2014.074 Abraham Lincoln Reading with Tad Lincoln
2014.074 Abraham Lincoln Reading with Tad Lincoln