Hiram Burlingham, New York; (his estate sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 January 1934, no. 61);[1] purchased by Andrew W. Mellon [1855-1937], Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; his estate; deeded 8 March 1938 to the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA. [1] The _Lincoln_ portrait was listed as no. 61 in the sale catalogue where Effingham Schieffelin and Samuel P. Avery, Jr., both of New York, respectively, were listed as its previous owners. It was illustrated in a sale notice in _The Art News_ 32 (6 January 1934), 10.