Draft:John H. Littlefield

John H. littlefield also known as J. H. littlefield Was a painter.

Early life

Littlefield and his family were from Cicero, Illinois and they were friends with the future US president Abraham Lincoln.^[1]

History

In 1869 Henry Gugler completed an engraving of Abraham Lincoln which was based on an 1865 painting by Littlefield. The Lincoln engraving took Gugler three years to complete.^[2] The engraved image was used on the United States five-dollar bill beginning with the Series of 1928; the bill featured the portrait of Lincoln.^[1]

Gallery

Death-Bed of Lincoln, Albumen Photograph of John Littlefield Painting
Engraving of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Gugler, based on Littlefield's painting

References

^ ^a ^b "Brown University Portrait Collection". library.brown.edu. Brown University.
^ Sullivan, George (2000). Picturing Lincoln: Famous Photographs that Popularized the President. New York, New Yok: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-395-91682-7. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[Brown-1] "Brown University Portrait Collection". library.brown.edu. Brown University.

[Sullivan-2] Sullivan, George (2000). Picturing Lincoln: Famous Photographs that Popularized the President. New York, New Yok: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-395-91682-7. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

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