Bronze, 180mm X 240mm X 8mm. A half-length portrait of the martyred president faces right, with the upper coat and profile. At the lower edge is "ABRAHAM LINCOLN/**1809*1865**." Running up the right side is "COPYRIGHT 1907 BY V.D. BRENNER" (although the V looks like a Y) with an arrow pointing left inside a circle, and the date 1907. The plaque is hinged and hooked with metal attachments for desk or wall mounting. Roger Burdette's recent "Renaissance of American Coinage 1909-1915" depicts (page 30) a Lincoln commemorative desk medal produced by Gorham & Co. from models of Lincoln by Brenner. Burdette writes, "The immediate inspiration for this medallic portrait (and a 1907 rectangular plaquette) appears to be an 1864 photograph of President Lincoln taken in Matthew Brady's Washington, D.C. studio by assistant Anthony Berger. However, a letter written by Brenner and published in April 1, 1909 opens the possibility that the medalist also had in mind a portrait of the President reading to his son, Tad [photograph also on pg. 30]." This example of the plaque shows a few scattered dark flecks but is otherwise appealing and nearly as made.