Borglum, who lived after Lincoln's time, studied the 1860 Volk life mask
and numerous photographs of Lincoln. He observed, "I have never found a better head
than his, and I have never seen a face that was so mature, so developed, in
its use of his expression." Borglum Bust in
Washington, D.C.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum, best known for his Mount Rushmore likeness of
Lincoln, originally intended this huge marble head as a study. Now installed
in the U.S. Capitol building one floor beneath the Rotunda, it was the
gift of Eugene Meyer, Jr. in 1908. Robert Lincoln, the president's only surviving
son, praised the work as "the most extraordinarily good portrait of my
father I have ever seen."
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