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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

"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.

The Council of War

Portrait of Unbearded Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln the Hoosier Youth

Abraham Lincoln

Life Mask (Abraham Lincoln)

Nancy Hanks with the Boy Abraham Lincoln

Nancy Hanks and Boy Abraham Lincoln (#1)

The Old Couple Looking at a Portrait of Lincoln

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

Let My People Free

The Council of War

Lincoln

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