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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 Patent Model Replica

Abraham Lincoln, Of Illinois, the Presidential Candidate for the Republican Party

Lincoln's Early Law Studies

Original Photographic Print of Lincoln's Inauguration, 1861

Booklet, "Lincoln Campaign Songster", 1864

Campaign Badge, Lincoln/Johnson

Mr. Lincoln in his new Facial Appointments

Lincoln at Home

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New York, April 25th 1865.

President Lincoln and His Family

Assassination of President Lincoln

Lincoln and Family

Abraham Lincoln's autograph

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

In Memory of Abraham Lincoln, ...

Abraham Lincoln, President Elect

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Badge

Prison Hoods of the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

Surgical Instruments used at Lincoln's Autopsy, 1865

TheCrowd at Baltimore waiting for Mr. Lincoln

3c Gettysburg Address single

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

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

3c Abraham Lincoln single

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The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President, from Harper's Weekly, March 4, 1861


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