James M. Cornelius, the curator of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, believed that Bloom may have sought out the Lincolns not only to make money from the sale of the portrait but also to legitimatize its authenticity.
Bloom may have sought out the Lincolns not only to make money from the sale of the portrait but also to legitimatize its authenticity. This was what James M. Cornelius believed. James M. Cornelius was the curator of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. James M. Cornelius was the curator of Museum.