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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

Lincoln Campaign Flag, 1864

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Campaign Banner, Belfast, Maine, 1860

Election Poster, 1864

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

Lincoln Parade Axe, 1860

Lincoln at Gettysburg III

Drum from Abraham Lincoln's Funeral

Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Parade Transparency, 1860

Wrist Irons worn by the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

Commemorative Print of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864

Paper Banner, around 1863

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.

President Abraham Lincoln

Campaign Torch, 1860

Keys to the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators Prison Cells

Casts of Abraham Lincoln's Face and Hands

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Ceremonial Sword from Lincoln's Funeral

Lincoln Funeral Pall, April 28, 1865

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln political campaign cover

Abraham Lincoln

Portrait of Unbearded Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln the Hoosier Youth

Life Mask (Abraham Lincoln)

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Badge

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Badge

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

4c Abraham Lincoln single

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Badge

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