Magale Library proudly presents:
Smithsonian Shares Lincoln Portraits with Educators
across the Nation through Portfolio Set and Online Resources
The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and the National Portrait Gallery have partnered to share the scholarship and collections of the exhibition “One Life: The Mask of Lincoln” with thousands of educators across the country through an educational portfolio. Designed for middle-school and high-school students and their history and American studies’ teachers, the portfolios present 10 iconic portraits—each one a 13-by-19-inch mini-poster—incorporating interpretive text. The portraits show the changing face that President Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12, 1809-April 15, 1865) presented to the world as he began his presidency and led the fight to preserve the union during the Civil War.
Lincoln was the first President to serve after photography truly came of age. He embraced the new technology to craft his image and keep himself in the eye of his fellow citizens. The portfolio includes the “tousled hair” portrait taken in 1857 that was used in early campaign materials and a Mathew Brady photograph taken just before Lincoln’s groundbreaking 1860 speech at the Cooper Union. The latter image is known as the “photograph that made Lincoln president.”
“The Mask of Lincoln” portfolio was made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. SITES connects Americans to their shared cultural heritage through a wide range of exhibitions about art, science and history, which are shown wherever people live, work and play. Exhibition descriptions and tour schedules are available at www.sites.si.edu.
THE MASK OF LINCOLN is on display in the second floor gallery at
Magale Library at Southern Arkansas University,
November 1-30, 2019 during open hours.
For more information, please contact us:
https://web.saumag.edu/library/
(870) 235-4170
100 East University, Magnolia, AR 71753
