Abraham Lincoln William Morris Hunt, William Morris Hunt, 1865

Portrait of abraham lincoln by the boston artist william morris hunt, oil on panel. The full-length portrait was a study for a later painting of lincoln by hunt which was destroyed in the boston fire of 1872. The portrait was painted soon after the assassination of lincoln by john wilkes booth. The work portrays lincoln as a sad-faced martyr to the union cause, which was supported by william morris hunt and his brothers. Object Type: painting. Date: 1865. Medium: painting. Collection: Unknown.