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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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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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

Lincoln at Gettysburg III

Abraham Lincoln

"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.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

The Council of War

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Portrait of Unbearded Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln the Hoosier Youth

Abraham Lincoln

Life Mask (Abraham Lincoln)

Black and white stamp with etching of Lincoln's head in profile in front of a log cabin wall

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Honorable Abraham Lincoln, 16th President

Nancy Hanks with the Boy Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln's Dredge Model

Abraham Lincoln

President Lincoln and his Cabinet

Abraham Lincoln

3c Gettysburg Address single

In Memory of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln the Martyr

Purple stamp with head of Lincoln in three-quarter view facing right in an oval surrounded by words

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Nancy Hanks and Boy Abraham Lincoln (#1)

Lincoln

Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809, from Harper's Weekly, November 10, 1860

The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President, from Harper's Weekly, March 4, 1861

Lincoln at Gettysburg II

The Old Couple Looking at a Portrait of Lincoln

Three Great Abolitionists: A. Lincoln, F. Douglass, J. Brown


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