Young
Abe Lincoln and Young Ann Rutledge statue
61-4-6
Original
sculpture by artist and dioramist the late Art Sieving. 10"
x 19" Carved while he was a sculptor for the Illinois State
Museum before 1970. Given to Phil Wagner by the Widow Blanche Sieving.
It was a display item at the Long Nine Museum, Athens, Illinois.
Phil Wagner was responsible for Mr. Sieving making a will and giving
his 2nd wife their home.
This wood
carving has been molded to create plaster castings of Young Abe
Lincoln and Ann Rutledge. A few were distributed in Washington D.C.
by Congressman Paul Findley. There are about 25 castings in circulation.