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Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln, President 1861-1865, George P. Brown And Co.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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, R. R. London

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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

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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, Louis Ransom

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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 Roger B. Taney, William G. Jackman

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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 Frank P. Blair, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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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 Carl Schurz

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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

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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

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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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Oval Bust Portrait Of Thurlow Weed

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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.

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Gideon Welles, Metropolitan Publishing And Engraving Company

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The engraving features a bust-length portrait of Gideon Welles, secretary of the Navy from 1861-1869.

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Vicksburg Canal (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching depicts a scene where Confederate watch from a distance as Union troops construct a canal near Vicksburg in 1862-1863

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Marylanders Crossing To Potomac To Join The Southern Army (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Maryland, Volck's adopted state, was a border state during the American Civil War. The Potomac River served as a physical barrier between the Union and Confederacy, which is depicted in the etching.

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Free [Redacted] In Hayti (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching attempts to capture Volck's belief that Haitian people of African-decent were predisposed to an inherent violent nature. The scene depicts a ritual where an infant is sacrificed on a rock. Its head appears on a spear as a drum and tambourine are played. In the back ground, men and women are eating. One man appears to be eating a human arm.

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Writing The Emancipation Proclamation (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching depicts Abraham Lincoln drafting the Emancipation Proclamation and appears to be in cohorts with the devil. The proclamation, which was signed on January 1, 1863, freed all slaves in Confederate states. Also depicted is a portrait of John Brown, a radical abolitionist, hanging on Lincoln's wall.

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Buying A Substitute In The North During The War (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Volck's image is a negative comment on the Northern practice of permitting men to replace them in the draft. The image depicts well-dressed man admitting another man into a public house where substitutes are for sale. The entryway door has a sign posted that states substitutes are for sale and indicates that they are "ablebodied men." The substitutes include lower-class men, including black individuals. In the background hangs an "Honest Abe" poster.

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Portrait Of Grant, Lincoln, Sheridan, Sherman, H. H. Lloyd

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The print features black and white portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Philip Sheridan, and William Sherman. Each portrait is surrounded by an oval decorative border with their last names written underneath. The background behind the portraits is made up of two vignette scenes. The first (top) is a a dusty battle scene. The second appears to be a meeting between four men. It is printed on off-white paper.

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Gen'l Stuart's Return From Pennsylvania (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching depicts General J.E.B. Stuart's cavalrymen and horses resting. In October 1862, this cavalry division conducted raiding stops in Pennsylvania, which resulted in the cavalry confiscating horses and hats, as depicted in the image.

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Slaves Concealing Their Master From A Search Party (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching shows the inside of a slave quarter where a female slave stands at a door in front of a group of Union soldiers. The woman points to the right to lead the soldiers in the opposite of the slave master, who is hiding in the room behind a door. A gun is in his hands. A dog is also shown in the doorway. A chair lays overturned in the center of the room. A man and child sit in front of a fireplace. The man prepares food, while the child clings to him in apparent distress.

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Enlistment Of Sickles' Brigade (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The image satirically depicts the Sickle's Brigade, a disreputable group of men who were (allegedly) recruited for the Excelsior brigade by Colonel Daniel Sickles. A crowd of men stand in a street holding signs or weapons.

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Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President Of The United States, Currier And Ives

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The lithograph depicts a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the chest up.

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Gen'l Stuart's Raid To The White House (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching depicts J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry conducting a raid. The Confederate horsemen are shown shooting Union soldiers, removing an American flag, and harassing the owner of an alehouse. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry on a raid; much chaos as the mounted Confederates shoot Union soldiers, tear down the Union flag and harass a ""Hezekiah Skinflint"" who runs an alehouse.

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Tracks Of The Armies (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The image shows a Confederate soldier returning to his destroyed home. His lifeless wife is shown naked along with a deceased dog. While not explicit, it is implied that Union soldiers carried out the destruction.

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Albert S. Johnston Crossing The Desert To Join The Southern Army (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching depicts Albert S. Johnston crossing a desert terrain on foot. With him are horses, loafers, and a Native American guide. The image takes place after Johnston resigned from his position in the Federal Army to join the Confederacy.

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Butler's Victims Of Fort St. Philip (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching depicts high-standing citizens of New Orleans shackled and completing hard labor. These prisoners are guarded by an African-American Zouave unit, and members are shown pointing and mocking the prisoners. General Benjamin Butler, - who along with Admiral David Farragut captured Fort St. Philip in April 1862 - is shown escorting two women in the image.

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W. H. Seward. Engraved By W. Roffe, From The Statue By Randolph Rogers., William John Roffe, Rand Olph Rogers, D. Appleton And Co.

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The engraved image depicts the likeness of a William Henry Seward statue that appears in Madison Square in Manhattan, New York. The image shows Seward seated in a chair with a quill in his proper right hand and papers in his proper left hand. Beneath his chair, several books and paper rest.

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Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln, President 1861-1865, George P. Brown And Co.

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Oval Bust Of General Henry Wager Halleck, John Chester Buttre

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Oval Bust Portrait Of Major General David Hunter, John Chester Buttre

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Abraham Lincoln Portrait Engraving, Bureau Of Printing And Engraving

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Oval Bust Portrait Of General Winfield Scott, John Chester Buttre

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Portrait Of Abraham And Tad Lincoln, Emily Sartain, R. R. London

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Battle Of Malvern Hill -- Lee's Attack, Alfred Rudolph Waud

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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, Louis Ransom

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Oval Bust Portrait Of Roger B. Taney, William G. Jackman

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Oval Bust Portrait Of Frank P. Blair, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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Oval Bust Portrait Of Carl Schurz

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Oval Bust Portrait Of Horatio Seymour

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Oval Bust Portrait Of Ulysses S. Grant, Freeman Thrope

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Oval Bust Portrait Of Thurlow Weed

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Gideon Welles, Metropolitan Publishing And Engraving Company

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Vicksburg Canal (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Marylanders Crossing To Potomac To Join The Southern Army (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Free [Redacted] In Hayti (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Writing The Emancipation Proclamation (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Buying A Substitute In The North During The War (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Portrait Of Grant, Lincoln, Sheridan, Sherman, H. H. Lloyd

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Gen'l Stuart's Return From Pennsylvania (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Slaves Concealing Their Master From A Search Party (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Enlistment Of Sickles' Brigade (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President Of The United States, Currier And Ives

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Gen'l Stuart's Raid To The White House (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Tracks Of The Armies (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Albert S. Johnston Crossing The Desert To Join The Southern Army (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Butler's Victims Of Fort St. Philip (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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W. H. Seward. Engraved By W. Roffe, From The Statue By Randolph Rogers., William John Roffe, Rand Olph Rogers, D. Appleton And Co.

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