{"title":"George Peter Alexander Healy Prints","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lincoln-presidential-portrait-in-the-hands-of-the-almighty","title":"Lincoln Presidential Portrait, \"In The Hands of The Almighty\"","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis portrait of President Abraham Lincoln is printed as a \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGiclée\u003c\/span\u003e and can be printed on paper or canvas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an 1869 oil-on-canvas \u003ca title=\"Painting\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Painting\"\u003epainting\u003c\/a\u003e by \u003ca title=\"George Peter Alexander Healy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Peter_Alexander_Healy\"\u003eGeorge Peter Alexander Healy\u003c\/a\u003e of \u003ca title=\"Abraham Lincoln\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\"\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c\/a\u003e, the 16th \u003ca title=\"President of the United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\"\u003ePresident of the United States\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the painting, Lincoln is observed alone, leaning forward, with his elbow on his knee and his head resting on his hand.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-nixon_1-0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-nixon-1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e The pose is taken from Healy's 1868 painting, \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Peacemakers\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Peacemakers\"\u003eThe Peacemakers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, which depicts the historic March 28, 1865, strategy session by the \u003ca title=\"Union (American Civil War)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_(American_Civil_War)\"\u003eUnion\u003c\/a\u003e high command, composed of \u003ca title=\"William Tecumseh Sherman\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Tecumseh_Sherman\"\u003eWilliam Tecumseh Sherman\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Ulysses S. Grant\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulysses_S._Grant\"\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"David Dixon Porter\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Dixon_Porter\"\u003eDavid Dixon Porter\u003c\/a\u003e, and Lincoln, aboard the steamboat the \u003ca title=\"River Queen (steamboat)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River_Queen_(steamboat)\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eRiver Queen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e during the final days of the \u003ca title=\"American Civil War\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Civil_War\"\u003eAmerican Civil War\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"History\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-editsection\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLincoln sat for Healy in August 1864, and Healy began working on his sketches to create a portrait of Lincoln.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-whitehouse_3-0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-whitehouse-3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e After \u003ca title=\"Assassination of Abraham Lincoln\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln\"\u003eLincoln's assassination\u003c\/a\u003e in April 1865, Healy conceived of \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Peacemakers\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Peacemakers\"\u003eThe Peacemakers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, which he completed in 1868. In 1869, Healy decided to create a new portrait removing the members of Lincoln's high command to focus only on Lincoln. He painted the portrait in \u003ca title=\"Paris\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\"\u003eParis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-whitehouse_3-1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-whitehouse-3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn March 3, 1869, an act of Congress that authorized the commission of a portrait of Lincoln to hang in the \u003ca title=\"White House\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House\"\u003eWhite House\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-whitehouse_3-2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-whitehouse-3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e As a result, Healy sent it to Washington, hoping it would be chosen. However, \u003ca title=\"Ulysses S. Grant\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulysses_S._Grant\"\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c\/a\u003e, then the President of the United States selected a portrait painted by \u003ca title=\"William F. Cogswell\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_F._Cogswell\"\u003eWilliam F. Cogswell\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca title=\"Robert Todd Lincoln\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Todd_Lincoln\"\u003eRobert Todd Lincoln\u003c\/a\u003e, Lincoln's son, purchased Healy's portrait. He said of Healy's portrait: \"I have never seen a portrait of my father which is to be compared with it in any way.\"\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-whitehouse_3-3\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-whitehouse-3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e The portrait was given to the White House at the bequest of Robert Todd Lincoln's wife in 1939.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-whitehouse_3-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-whitehouse-3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-4\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e It hangs in the \u003ca title=\"State Dining Room\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_Dining_Room\"\u003eState Dining Room\u003c\/a\u003e of the White House.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-nixon_1-1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-nixon-1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"First Lady of the United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Lady_of_the_United_States\"\u003eFirst Lady\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca title=\"Lady Bird Johnson\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lady_Bird_Johnson\"\u003eLady Bird Johnson\u003c\/a\u003e identified the painting as one of her favorites in the White House. \u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln_(Healy)#cite_note-5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eThough \u003ca title=\"Richard Nixon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\"\u003eRichard Nixon\u003c\/a\u003e had moved the portrait from the State Dining Room, replacing it with \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Palisades on the Hudson (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Palisades_on_the_Hudson\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003ePalisades on the Hudson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Gerald Ford\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerald_Ford\"\u003eGerald Ford\u003c\/a\u003e had the portrait moved back to its longstanding placement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vladimir Arts USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Deluxe framing","offer_id":33627569127564,"sku":"","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Brass Corner Frame Triple Matted","offer_id":33627572404364,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Brass Corner Frame Framed Canvas Giclee","offer_id":33627575713932,"sku":"","price":415.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paper or Canvas Giclee","offer_id":33627582496908,"sku":"","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0375\/0844\/8396\/files\/George_P.A._Healy_-_Abraham_Lincoln_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?v=1794481899"}],"url":"https:\/\/vladimirarts.com\/collections\/george-peter-alexander-healy-prints.oembed","provider":"Vladimir Arts USA Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}