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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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"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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Abraham Lincoln

Campaign Torch, 1860

Abraham Lincoln's Shawl

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Abraham Lincoln's Wedge

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Keys to the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators Prison Cells

Abraham Lincoln Life Mask by Clark Mills, 1865

Casts of Abraham Lincoln's Face and Hands

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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Ceremonial Sword from Lincoln's Funeral

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The Council of War

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Lincoln Funeral Pall, April 28, 1865

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