This class includes prints from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty first centuries. Many prints are in color while others are black and white.
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Honest Old Abe on the Stump Springfield 1858
Currier and Ives
The cartoon depicts back-to-back figures of Abraham Lincoln sitting on a stump as people look on from the background. The cartoon is accompanied by documentary information.
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The Lexington of 1861
Currier and Ives
The color lithograph depicts a scene from the Baltimore Riot of 1861, a civil uprising between Confederate sympathizers and members of the primarily Massachusetts state militia regiment en route to the national capital at Washington.
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The Presidents of Our Great Republic
Lange and Kronfeld
The steel engraving depicts portraits of fifteen presidents: James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Tyler, William Henry Harrison, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and James Monroe. In the center are Franklin Pierce, George Washington, and James Buchanan. The portraits appear on a background decorated with vines and stars. At the image's top, an eagle and six flags appear. A banner is draped across the engraving's bottom.
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Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States. Born February 12, 1809. Died April15, 1865.
E.B. and E.C. Kellogg and Frank P. Whiting
The lithograph is a memorial print depicting a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln. A decorative garland adorned with a ribbon surrounds the portrait, while a dove holding an olive branch rests in a nest at the garland's top.
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A. Lincoln: Late President of the United States
H. W. Smith and Miller and Mathews
The engraving features a black and white portrait image of Abraham Lincoln from the chest up. He is dressed in a suit and tie.
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Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States - Born Feby. 12th 1809, Died April 15th 1865
Kimmel and Forster and Anthony Berger
The hand-colored lithograph depicts a square-shaped, head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln, which was created in the likeness of a photograph by Anthony Berger. According to the item's documentary information, this is a scarce lithograph that was issued shortly after Abraham Lincoln's death.
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Abraham Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 3d. 1865
J. Hollis, John Chester Buttre, and B. B. Russell and Co.
The black and white engraving depicts President Abraham Lincoln walking through a crowd with his son, Tad, in Richmond, Virginia. The crowd is made up of white and black spectators who cheer as the President walks through the street. The engraving was enclosed in a brown wooden frame (which featured a sticker inscribed with the number 20) but was removed for preservation. The engraving has a vertical tear along its top and features light foxing in the upper two corners.
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Image of Rev. Charles Dresser from a Daguerreotype
A black and white engraving of an image of Reverend Charles Dresser. The engraving is mounted on a thicker piece of paper. It was originally enclosed in a frame, but was removed for preservation.
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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
Western Engraving Co. Chicago
A black and white engraving of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The image has some slight foxing on front and back. It was originally enclosed in a frame with another print (inventory #6982), but was removed for preservation.
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Your Friend, Forever A. Lincoln Engraving
The engraving depicts an image of Abraham Lincoln's right-side profile, much in the same style as Anthony Berger's "The Famous Profile" photograph (Ostendorf-88), taken on 9 February 1864. The engraving was enclosed in a black wooden frame but was removed for preservation. On the frame's glass is a sticker inscribed with the number 21.
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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, President 1861-1865
George P. Brown and Co.
A black and white portrait illustration of Abraham Lincoln from Brown's Famous Pictures collection. The print was found behind another print (inventory # 6981) in a frame, but was removed for preservation.
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Oval Bust of General Henry Wager Halleck
John Chester Buttre
The steel engraving depicts a bust portrait of General Henry Wager Halleck, General-in-Chief of all Union armies from July 23, 1862 until Ulysses S. Grant assumed the role on March 9, 1864. The engraving is printed in black in on off-white paper. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Oval Bust Portrait of Major General David Hunter
John Chester Buttre
The steel engraving depicts a portrait of Major General Hunter, Union general and president of the military commission trying the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators. The engraving is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Abraham Lincoln Portrait Engraving
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
The engraving features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the waist up in vignette style. The engraving was enclosed within a black frame, but was removed for preservation.
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Oval Bust Portrait of General Winfield Scott
John Chester Buttre
The steel engraving depicts a bust image of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years. The engraving is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Portrait of Abraham and Tad Lincoln
Emily Sartain and R. R. London
The small engraved portrait depicts Abraham Lincoln and his son, Tad, reading from a book. Lincoln sits wearing glasses on his face while holding a book in his lap. Both Lincoln and Tad focus their gaze toward the book as Lincoln uses his proper right hand to turn a page.
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Battle of Malvern Hill -- Lee's attack
Alfred Rudolph Waud
The image depicts the Battle of Malvern Hill, which took place during the American Civil War on July 1, 1862. General Robert E. Lee stood command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, while General George B. McClellan commanded the Union Army of Potomac. The two armies collided near Richmond, Virginia. The battle was a part of the Peninsula Campaign's Seven Days Battles. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume.
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John Brown Meeting the Slave Mother and Her Child on the Steps of Charlestown Jail on His Way to Execution.
Currier and Ives and Louis Ransom
The color lithograph depicts a scene outside of a jail house in Charles Town, West Virginia. Pictured are John Brown, a slave mother and child, and several pro-slavery sympathizers. Brown was convicted of treason for attempting to overtake a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and was sentenced to death. The scene takes place just before Brown was executed.
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Oval Bust Portrait of Frank P. Blair
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The steel engraving depicts a bust portrait of the Honorable Frank P. Blair, who played an instrumental role in preventing Missouri from being absorbed by the Confederate States. The engraving is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume.
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Oval Bust Portrait of Roger B. Taney
William G. Jackman
The steel engraving depicts a bust portrait of Roger B. Taney, the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and deliverer of a pro-slavery decision in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case. The engraving is printed on off-white paper and in black ink. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Oval Bust Portrait of Carl Schurz
The steel engraving depicts a bust portrait of Carl Schurz, a Union General in the United States Civil War and 13th United States Secretary of the Interior. The engraving is printed on off-white paper with black ink. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Oval Bust Portrait of Horatio Seymour
The steel engraving depicts a bust portrait of Horatio Seymour, the governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He also was the Democratic presidential nominee in the 1868 presidential election. The portrait is printed on off-white paper with black ink. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Oval Bust Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant
Freeman Thrope
The steel engraving depicts a bust portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the Army and the 18th President of the United States. The engraving is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Gideon Welles
Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Company
The engraving features a bust-length portrait of Gideon Welles, secretary of the Navy from 1861-1869.
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Oval Bust Portrait of Thurlow Weed
The steel engraving depicts a bust portrait of Thurlow Weed, a New York newspaper publisher and Whig and Republican politician. The portrait is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume.
