This draped bust of the beardless Lincoln was once on display at the
Wills House in downtown Gettysburg. It is one of many copies reproduced in plaster.Volk Bust in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In 1860 Chicago sculptor Leonard Volk made the first bust of Abraham Lincoln from life,
several months before Lincoln won the presidential election. The various busts
and statues Volk eventually produced originated from a life mask of Lincoln made
in his studio.
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