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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's Top Hat

Abraham Lincoln

Emancipation Proclamation Inkstand

Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Campaign Flag, 1864

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Campaign Banner, Belfast, Maine, 1860

Abraham Lincoln's Watch, around 1858

Abraham Lincoln's Patent Model

Abraham Lincoln's Office Suit

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

Lincoln Parade Transparency, 1860

Wrist Irons worn by the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

Commemorative Print of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864

Prison Hoods of the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

Paper Banner, around 1863

Abraham Lincoln's Residence

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

Abraham Lincoln

Campaign Torch, 1860

Abraham Lincoln's Shawl

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln's Wedge

Keys to the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators Prison Cells

Abraham Lincoln Life Mask by Clark Mills, 1865

Casts of Abraham Lincoln's Face and Hands

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Ceremonial Sword from Lincoln's Funeral


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