A historic painting of President Abraham Lincoln has been installed in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery in time for the upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend.

The rare nine-foot painting of Abraham Lincoln, which hung for decades in a New Jersey municipal building, is on loan to D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery.

Credit: “Abraham Lincoln,” Willem Frederik Karel Travers, oil on canvas, 1865. On loan from the Hartley Dodge Foundation, and courtesy of the citizens of the Borough of Madison, New Jersey.

The $36,000 Lincoln piece that hung at the Hamptons fair had a turbulent history itself! The piece had been damaged in an apparent art heist gone wrong.

According to a release from the National Portrait Gallery, the 9-foot-tall oil painting was created in 1865 by W.F.K. Travers. It is one of three known, life-size paintings of Lincoln and will be ...

The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery unveiled a life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln Friday morning. The 1865 portrait was painted by Dutch artist W.F.K. Travers and is one of ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the installation of a life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln by artist W.F.K. Travers. Created from life in 1865, the 9-foot ...

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), (painting) Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery. ... Subject Lincoln, Abraham Notes Coll. Checklist, 1973. "National Portrait Gallery: Permanent ...

Outlook A rare painting of Lincoln restores the emancipator to his full height. The 16th president is well known from black and white photos, but this re-discovered portrait adds dimension and meaning ...

The life size portrait of Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers joins the America's Presidents exhibition. Created from life in 1865, the 9-foot-tall oil on canvas is one of three known, life-size ...