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The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
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Item Title
Hickory mallet used by Leonard Wells Volk in making his busts of Lincoln and Douglas.
Author/Creator
Sculptor: Volk, Leonard Wells
Created/Published
Mallet used to make bust of Lincoln in 1860.
Notes
Accompanying handwritten note by the sculptor's son, Jessie Volk: Hickory mallet used by my father 16 years in New York and Massachusetts. Given me by him in 1847. Since which time I have used it. Mallet used by Leonard Wells Volk in making the bust of Abraham Lincoln in Chicago, 1860.
Subjects
United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
United States--New York
United States--Massachusetts
Volk, Leonard Wells (1828-1895)
Lincoln-portrait of
Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
realia
Physical Objects
Object Type
Medium
Box: 28.5 long x 18 w x 16.5 deep; mallet: 22 cm long x 12 cm wide.
Call Number
Stern catalog 5149 & 5141
Part of
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Repository
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID
lprbscsm scsm1060
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm1060