BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Gail Borden Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Gail Borden Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:50baba4f-f613-4db7-a5a3-7becbfc301e8 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260715T203107Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260715T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260715T190000 SUMMARY:W.F.K. Travers’ Lincoln Portrait LOCATION:Virtual\nVirtual X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Virtual;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10; X-TITLE=Virtual:geo:0,0 GEO:0;0 DESCRIPTION:Nine feet tall\, this lifelike portrait of Lincoln toured the U.S. Capitol\, the 1876 Centennial Exposition\, & more before settling in New Jersey. Hear the stories of this painting’s fascinating origin. .\nhttps://gailborden.libnet.info/event/15796313 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

At nine feet tall\, this impressive portra it of the sixteenth president has been praised by those who knew him as mo re lifelike than any other. \; Exhibited at the US Capitol\, the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia\, and the Union League Club in New Y ork\, among other important places\, this portrait eventually found a home in the Hartley Dodge Memorial in Madison\, NJ. \; Mallory will share her first-hand account of researching this painting and the stories she un covered as she leads the audience through this painting&rsquo\;s fascinati ng provenance. \; This portrait is currently on loan to the Smithsonia n&rsquo\;s National Portrait Gallery.

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Mallory Mortillaro is an art historian and educator. \; She has a decade of teaching experience an d has worked on various art research projects for museums and organization s in the New York metropolitan area. \; \;

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Her discoveries in the art world have garnered her international attention. \; She st udied at Drew University. \; \;

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This program is in partner ship with other area libraries.

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