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Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln

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Artist

Leonard Wells Volk (1828–1895)

Date

about 1886

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

8 9/16 x 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (21.8 x 20.7 x 15 cm)

Object Number

UH89