Positives
from original ink and wash by Lloyd Ostendorf 1972
83-SC-03
Subject:
President-elect Lincoln bids farewell to his Stepmother.
Description:
President-elect
Lincoln presents his Stepmother with a black woolen dress as he
bids her farewell on January 31, 1861 at Farmington, Illinois, shortly
before he left Illinois for Washington. It was the last time he
ever saw her.
A color
portrait was made of this scene, and hangs in either Mattoon or
Charleston, Illinois.