| John H. Littlefield | |
| Birth Name: | John Harrison Littlefield |
| Birth Date: | 1825 |
| Birth Place: | Cicero, Illinois US |
| Known For: | Painting |
| Notable Works: | Abraham Lincoln portrait |
John Harrison Littlefield (1835-1902) also known as J. H. littlefield was a painter. He is best known for having painted an image of Abraham Lincoln which was engraved and featured on the United States five-dollar bill.
Littlefield was born in 1825 and his family were from Cicero, Illinois and they were friends with the future US president Abraham Lincoln.[1] In 1887 Littlefield told the Brooklyn Eagle that he was a student in Abraham Lincoln's offce for two years.[2]
In 1869 Henry Gugler completed an engraving of Abraham Lincoln which was based on an 1865 painting by Littlefield. The Lincoln engraving took Gugler three years to complete.[3] The engraved image was used on the United States five-dollar bill beginning with the Series of 1928; the bill featured the portrait of Lincoln.[4] He was also responsible for painting the image of US president Ulysses S. Grant.[5] He died in 1902.[1]