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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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Death of Abraham Lincoln

Last Moments of President Lincoln

President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan on Battle-Field of Antietam

In Memory of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln with Major Union Figures

Republican Banner for 1860

Freedom to the Slaves

Abraham Lincoln the Martyr

The Ball in Honor of President Lincoln in the Great Hall at the Patent Office in Washington

Martyr of Liberty

The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet

One Hundred Thousand Dollar Reward

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

3c Abraham Lincoln single

1c Abraham Lincoln single

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

The Old Couple Looking at a Portrait of Lincoln

Emancipator

The People of These United States Are the Rightful Masters of both Congresses and Courts, Not to Overthrow the Constitution, but to Over-throw the Men Who Pervert that Constitution

The Council of War

Inauguration Grand March

Lincoln

National Inauguration Ball March 4th, 1865

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