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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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Lincoln and his Lieutenants

Nation's Martyr

Abraham Lincoln, President Elect

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Badge

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Surgical Instruments used at Lincoln's Autopsy, 1865

TheCrowd at Baltimore waiting for Mr. Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Death of Abraham Lincoln

Last Moments of President Lincoln

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

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

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 Council of War

Inauguration Grand March

National Inauguration Ball March 4th, 1865


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