File:Statues of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln Memorial (1922) (14778070095).jpg

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Title: Statues of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln Memorial
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents in art Presidents Marble sculpture, American Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Large-scale sculpture
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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Courtesy of Lighting Fixtures and Lighting (New York) RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO LIGHT LINCOLN The first photograph shows the face of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in theLincoln Memorial in Washington as it was intended to look by the sculptor, andas it will appear after the changes are made in the lighting of the Memorial. Thephotograph on the right shows the effect of the light as it now is. It causes theface to assume a frightened expression. MAKING LINCOLN LOOK PLEASANT >TEW light is literally to be thrown on the countenance ofJ Abraham Lincoln, as it appears on the statue in the^ Lincoln Memorial at Washington. The present systemmakes the great Emancipator look scared, we are told in Light-ing Fixtures and Lighting (New York); but a slight adjustmentof illumination will improve matters. We read: The face of the statue of Abraham Lincoln, which stands inthe Lincoln Memorial, because of the nature of the lightingthrown upon it, has a frightened expression. The statue wasplaced under

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