Artifacts
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana consists of approximately 12,000 artifacts, statuary, prints, paintings, broadsides, ephemera, photographs, philately, collectibles/miniatures, and numismatics. Materials are housed in 20 map case drawers, 30 cartons, and a variety of loose statuary, prints, and paintings. The collection also includes nearly 100 original manuscripts and the Claude Simmons collection which consists of approximately 12 bankers boxes of Lincoln related materials and scrapbooks. There are also approximately 15,000 books, journals, and pamphlets separated into two collections: the Lincoln Book Collection and the Civil War/Collateral Book Collection.
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The Lincoln Family in 1861
John Chester Buttre and Francis Bicknell Carpenter
The colored mezzotint engraving depicts the Lincoln family gathered around a table; Abraham Lincoln, wearing glasses, reads from a book as the rest of the family looks on
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Our Three Great Presidents
Duff and Wettach
The lithograph is tinted and colored and depicts bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Ulysses S. Grant inside of a circle; The circle is surrounded by a cream square decorative border.
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Challenging the Union Vote
John Rogers
An example of Rogers's genre work, Challenging the Union Vote takes place in the old South where a Unionist ' alongside his granddaughter's attempts to register his vote. The registrar, however, is an ex-Confederate, who pushes the man's hand aside while looking for his name on the register, perhaps in hopes of disqualifying his vote.
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The Fugitive's Story
John Rogers
The plaster sculpture depicts abolitionists John Greenleaf Whittier, Williams Lloyd Garrison, and Henry Ward Beecher listening to the tale of an escaped slave mother. While illustrative of a fictional account (and created well after the end of the Civil War), the work was well-received by individuals who supported the work of the three abolitionists.
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The Council of War
John Rogers
Praised by Robert Todd Lincoln as the most lifelike portrait of his father in sculpture, The Council of War features President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and General Ulysses S. Grant weighing in on the Civil War. The sculpture has three variants. In this variant, Stanton holds his glasses.
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The Council of War
John Rogers
Praised by Robert Todd Lincoln as the most lifelike portrait of his father in sculpture, The Council of War features President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and General Ulysses S. Grant weighing in on the Civil War. The sculpture has three variants. In this variant, Stanton holds his glasses.
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A Council of War In 1861
Henry Bryan Hall and George Edward Perine
Engraving, pub. in 1866: "A Council of War In 1861." Depicts A. Lincoln with generals and cabinet members; Painted by H.B. Hall, engraved by H.B. Hall and G.E. Perine. Pub. by George E. Perine, N.Y.
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Satan Tempting Booth to the Murder of the President
John L. Magee
The print is a small, framed folio lithograph featuring the likeness of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln; Booth stands erect, his left arm behind his back and a small pistol in his right hand; He stares straight ahead, with Satan standing close behind him, pointing with one hand at the pistol and with the other at Lincoln; Rays of light issue from the demon's eyes, mouth, and ears; He wears a peacock feather on his head and is clad in a tasseled medieval tunic
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Uncle Ned's School
John Rogers
The plaster sculpture depicts Uncle Ned, a cobbler, shining a boot while assisting a young African-American student with her reading. At his feet, a young African-American boy sits reading from a tattered book.
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Hingham Bank Check, Paid to W. W., Signed by Williams Whiton
Hingham Bank check dated 13 June 1865. It is made out to W. W. by William Whiton for the amount of $75. A cream George Washington two cent stamp is located at the top left corner of the object.
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Hingham Bank Check, Paid to W W, Signed by William Whiton
Hingham Bank check dated 8 May 1865. It is made out to W. W. by William Whiton for the amount of $176.52. A cream George Washington two cent stamp is located at the left side of the object.
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Hingham Bank Check, Paid to W W, Signed by William Whiton
Hingham Bank check dated 4 May 1865. It is made out to W. W. by William Whiton for the amount of $75. A cream George Washington two cent stamp is located at left side of the object.
