Abraham Lincoln - Bust

This authentically detailed bust is a replica of an original sculpture. The overall height of the bust is 6" high X 3.5" wide x 3" deep. White marble or bronze finish over Polyresin.

This bust commemorates a man many Americans consider to be one of their greatest presidents. Abraham Lincoln guided the nation through the Civil War. As president, this former Illinois lawyer and congressman ensured the strength of his Republican Party, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and succeeded in the preservation of the Union. In April 1865, Lincoln's life ended at the hands of an assassin, but his hope survived--"that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."

Born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky, and having become the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincoln's death, the possibility of peace with magnanimity died. 

On the underside of the black base onto which the replica is mounted is a label which provides interesting historical information about Abraham Lincoln. The base has 4 rubber felts to protect your fine furniture.