What is it???

[jtw1313]

Looks like it is on stainless steel I think

 

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[Icewing]

It's an engraving of the only US President to suspend the Constitution and somehow come out a hero.

You can find a copy of that engraving on page 22 of this book too.

https://archive.org/details/abrahamlincolnv1mors/page/22

 

[jtw1313]

Ok let me be a little more clear lol to avoid sarcasm. Usually I see Engravings on PAPER What is it..... meaning why is it on a piece of METAL

 

[Toecutter]

Im guessing a printing plate

 

[Edsel Detector]

Im guessing a printing plate

If that was the case, the image would be backwards.

 

[Icewing]

Ok let me be a little more clear lol to avoid sarcasm. Usually I see Engravings on PAPER What is it..... meaning why is it on a piece of METAL

Here, maybe this will help.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called "engravings". Engraving is one of the oldest and most important techniques in printmaking.

 

[jtw1313]

So engraving printing plate......although it is not cut grooves so would it still be considered a engraving?

 

[Toecutter]

What type of metal is it on? looks like aluminum, but also looks like sheet metal....

 

[jtw1313]

I think stainless

 

[Toecutter]

I looked at the pictures closer and looks printed on to the metal not engraved... but was printed on that metal with a engraving plate...also looks to be the same image as used on the old 5$ bill...

 

[diggummup]

The engraving was originally a photograph taken by Mathew Brady c.1864.

https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:69655/

 

[jtw1313]

Offset litho printing plate being transferred onto rubber would make it reverse and back to paper would be right way

 

[Darke]

That's just a metal print. It wasn't printed with an engraving plate. Those are just details from the photo used to create the print. Depending on the age it could of been printed several ways. Those type of prints usually run about $25 to $50 new.

 

[A2coins]

Pretty cool piece

 

[Red-Coat]

Just tidying up some blasts from the past (including some very ancient ones), largely for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

Agree it’s not a printing plate, but produced (on steel) as decorative memorabilia:

https://weekesautographs.com/product/lincoln-abraham-1809-65/