With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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This is the first bronze casting of the life mask made by sculptor Clark Mills in February 1865, two months prior to Lincoln's assassination. The sad and peaceful nature of his face has caused some people to initially believe this item to be a death mask. The casting was a gift from the Mills family to John Hay, Lincoln's private secretary.
This is the first bronze casting of the life mask made by sculptor Clark Mills in February 1865, two months prior to Lincoln's assassination. The sad and peaceful nature of his face has caused some people to initially believe this item to be a death mask. The casting was a gift from the Mills family to John Hay, Lincoln's private secretary.