Abraham Lincoln

Rev. J. L. Hunter

  • Titles Abraham Lincoln (Descriptive)
  • Artist Rev. J. L. Hunter, American, 1905 - 1999
  • Medium painted wood
  • Dimensions 19 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 5 in. (49.5 × 16.5 × 12.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Robert Cargo Folk Art Collection; Gift of Caroline Cargo, AFI.487.2013
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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