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(ABRAHAM LINCOLN.) Max Bachman, sculptor. Bust of a beardless Lincoln. Bronze, 27 x 16 x 10 inches, with dark brown patina, signed twice in the mold; minimal wear. New York: Roman Bronze Works, 1905 (possibly a later casting)
The sculptor Max Bachmann (1862-1921) has a wide-ranging body of work, but his various depictions of Lincoln were probably his best known, including a statue in Minneapolis, MN. Some of his works were marketed by the Caproni Gallery of Boston. The source image for this beardless bust may have been a 1 October 1858 ambrotype by Calvin Jackson taken in Pittsfield, IL a couple of weeks before the final Lincoln-Douglas debate (Ostendorf O-10). See Leigh Henson, "Max Bachman's Lincolns," at www.findinglincolnillinois.com.
