Democratic State
Convention in session here to day, and the Court did but little business Spent
a portion of the day with Lincoln talking to him whilst Mr Hicks worked upon
his portrait He completed it this P. M. In my judgment it is an exact, life
like likeness, and a beautiful work of art. It is deeply imbued with the
intellectual and spiritual, and I doubt whether any one ever succeeds in
getting a better picture of the man.
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"Lincoln's
published works include a memorandum concerning his birthplace which was given
to the "Artist Hicks" on June 14, 1860. Nicolay and Hay, Complete
Works of Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg edition).
SOURCE: The
Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. 1, p. 413
