Desk, Portable
Object number72.63 a-c
Date1855-1865
MediumWood; Leather; Pasteboard
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionPortable writing desk, inkwell, and inkstand.Dimensions4 x 8.75 x 12 in. (10.2 x 22.2 x 30.5 cm)InscriptionsHandwritten on blotter: "A.Lincoln/Springfield 1853"
Historical NotesDocumentation shows that the desk was once owned by John E. Burton, a well-known collector of printed Lincoln materials. The "A. Lincoln" signature is not authentic.
Related person
Abraham Lincoln
(1809 - 1865)
On View
Not on view
1879
c.1880
c.1911
1872
c. 1865
c. 1860
1966-1970
L.G. Balfour Company
John Shaw & Sons
