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The Many Faces of Abraham Lincoln: Art and Artifacts

Learn about Abraham Lincoln (sixteenth president, 1861–1865) through museum art and artifacts from across the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery collection reflects many faces of Lincoln that chart his passage from a fresh-faced Illinois congressman to his grizzled isolation as president.

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The Penny Image of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln's Top Hat

Emancipation Proclamation Inkstand

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Lincoln Campaign Flag, 1864

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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Campaign Banner, Belfast, Maine, 1860

Abraham Lincoln's Watch, around 1858

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Abraham Lincoln's Patent Model

Abraham Lincoln's Office Suit

Election Poster, 1864

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Photograph of James Brown, Civil War veteran, with a picture of Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln Parade Axe, 1860

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Drum from Abraham Lincoln's Funeral

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Lincoln Parade Transparency, 1860

Wrist Irons worn by the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

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Abraham and Tad Lincoln

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Commemorative Print of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864

Memento Mori

Prison Hoods of the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

Paper Banner, around 1863

Abraham Lincoln's Residence

Flag from Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train

Iron Ankle Shackles worn by the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it."--Abraham Lincoln, letter to H.L. Pierce, April 6, 1859. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

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