St. Gauden's Lincoln

Otto J. Schneider

"St. Gauden's Lincoln" is an etching by Schneider and was the 18th Presentation Gift Print for the Chicago Society of Etchers and printed in an edition of 350.

The subject "Abraham Lincoln: The Man" (also called Standing Lincoln) is a larger-than-life size (12-foot) bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. The original statue is in Lincoln Park in Chicago, and several replicas have been installed in other places around the world. Completed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1887, it has been described as the most important sculpture of Lincoln from the 19th century.

At the time, the New York Evening Post called it "the most important achievement American sculpture has yet produced." Abraham Lincoln II, Lincoln's only grandson, was present, among a crowd of 10,000, at the unveiling. The artist later created the Seated Lincoln sculpture in Chicago's Grant Park.