d accuracy for ornamentation. TheTravers portrait presents a real likeness of the man, withhis rugged features and irregularities of personal appear-ance, true to life. The fact in this portrait is remarkablylifelike and I venture to say that—if the face be coveredand hidden from ciew, there is not… … Copyright by G. Prince This standing portrait of Lincoln, showing him in full evening dress and painted from life in1864-5, by W. R. Travers, is reproduced here to show that, when Lincoln deliberately sat for hislikeness either to a photographer or a painter, he insisted upon being dressed in the…
Travers, Willem Frederick Karel Travers, 1826-1869 · Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 · Presidents in art · Presidents · Painting, German
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