The Blaine Study
The study is decorated with wallpaper that replicates a
pattern which Blaine copied from Abraham Lincoln's White House study.
Furnishings include the handsome mahogany desk and chair Blaine used as
a member of the United State Senate, many of the statesman's books are
contained in bookcases which fill one wall, and an inkwell surmounted
by a seated statue of William Shakespeare. Above the fireplace hangs an
engraving of Francis B. Carpenter's painting depicting Lincoln reading
the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet. Encased in a glass frame
attached to Blaine's Senatorial desk is a Blaine House treasure -- a small
card dated April 7, 1865, allowing "the bearer Mr. Blaine to pass
from City Point to Richmond and return," signed A. Lincoln.
Garden and grounds photos taken by Matthew Hunt and Kris Weeks-Oliveri
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