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Home Of Abraham Lincoln At Springfield Feb 2023

Home Of Abraham Lincoln At Springfield

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The print is a black and white image of Abraham Lincoln's family home in Spring Field, Illinois. Lincoln and one of his sons stand just outside of the home inside the surrounding fence. Three men and three women stand on perimeter of the home. The image is printed on off-white paper. No creator or publication information is included.

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Bombardment Of For Sumter, Charleston Harbor. From Fort Moultrie, 12th & 13th Of April 1861., Currier And Ives Feb 2023

Bombardment Of For Sumter, Charleston Harbor. From Fort Moultrie, 12th & 13th Of April 1861., Currier And Ives

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The color lithograph depicts the siege of Fort Sumter, the battle that started the American Civil War. In the image, soldiers aim fire at Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie. Two cannons blast fire in the foreground. The South Carolina state flag stands on the bank of the water to the left of the image. The American flag can be see flying above Fort Sumter in the image's background.

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Washington & Lincoln (Apotheosis) Feb 2023

Washington & Lincoln (Apotheosis)

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The memorial print depicts George Washington welcoming Abraham Lincoln into heaven with a laurel wreath. A break in the clouds pictured in the sky reveals angels and a ray of light that shines down on the two Presidents. [Ref: see O-pg. 242].

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President Lincoln Engraving, Daniel John Pound, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

President Lincoln Engraving, Daniel John Pound, Mathew Brady

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The engraving features a black and white standing portrait of Abraham Lincoln. It is printed on off-white paper. Ref: O-17.

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

A. Lincoln Color Engraving, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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The color engraving features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The portrait appears in an oval on off-white paper. Below the image is a facsimile of Lincoln's signature.

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Abraham Lincoln. Republican Candidate For Sixteenth President Of The United States., E.B. And E.C. Kellogg, George Whiting Feb 2023

Abraham Lincoln. Republican Candidate For Sixteenth President Of The United States., E.B. And E.C. Kellogg, George Whiting

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The color lithograph depicts a seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln. In the President's proper right hand, he holds a document while books rest at his elbow. A blue curtain hangs in the background.

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A. Lincoln, J. C. Mcrae, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers Feb 2023

A. Lincoln, J. C. Mcrae, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers

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The engraving features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln surrounded by a decorative oval border. At the top of the border sits a stack of papers, which include the Constitution. Beneath the portrait is a smaller image of Lincoln's cabinet council. The work features hues of yellow, green, blue, black, white, and brown. The engraving possibly is a reversed variant of C.S. German photo.

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, George Edward Perine, Charles Deforest Fredricks Feb 2023

A. Lincoln Color Engraving, George Edward Perine, Charles Deforest Fredricks

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The engraved bust-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln features a color portrait from the waist up. The engraving was created for Joel T. Headley's The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States.

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President Lincoln And His Cabinet, With Lt. Gen. Scott, In The Council Chamber At The White House, Robert Whitechurch, Christian Schussele Feb 2023

President Lincoln And His Cabinet, With Lt. Gen. Scott, In The Council Chamber At The White House, Robert Whitechurch, Christian Schussele

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The steel engraving features a black and white image of Abraham Lincoln and his 1861 cabinet members. Pictured from left to right are Edward Bates (Attorney General), Gideon Welles (Secretary of the Navy), Montgomery Blair (Postmaster General), William Henry Seward (Secretary of State), Salmon Portland Chase (Secretary of the Treasury), the President, General Winfield Scott (Chief of the Army), Caleb Blood Smith (Secretary of the Interior), and Simon Cameron (Secretary of War). Since the engraving lacks a publication line, it may never have been issued, perhaps because Scott retired and Cameron had been replaced by February 1862.

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, William G. Jackman Feb 2023

A. Lincoln Color Engraving, William G. Jackman

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The color engraving features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the waist up. It originally appeared in John S. C. Abbott's The History of the Civil War in America.

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William H. Seward Engraving Feb 2023

William H. Seward Engraving

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The engraved portrait of William H. Seward is printed on off-white paper with black ink. It features a vignette portrait of Seward from the chest up. There is severe foxing on the engraving's recto and verso.

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Engraved Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln, William Edgar Marshall Feb 2023

Engraved Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln, William Edgar Marshall

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The engraving is restrike or reproduction of an 1866 engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Ref: H/B/N - fig. 102). Marshall, after Lincoln's death in 1865, painted a portrait of the President that was used as the basis for the engraving. In the portrait, Lincoln wears a black coat and tie. His portrait is depicted in hues of black and white and is surrounded by an oval floral border, which is further surrounded by a decorative rectangular frame.

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Battle Of Lookout Mountain, Ga., John R. Chapin, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers Feb 2023

Battle Of Lookout Mountain, Ga., John R. Chapin, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers

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In the black and white steel engraving, a scene from the Battle of Lookout Mountain is depicted. This battle took place on November 24th, 1863 and resulted in a Union victory. The engraving features Union soldiers climbing a mountain slope. One has fallen to the ground, possibly because he is wounded. In the background, battle lines and smoke are pictured. The engraving appears to have been removed from a bound volume, possibly volume 3 of The War with the South: a History of the Late Rebellion by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 volumes, 1862-1867.

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Battle Of Malvern Hill., Johnson, Fry And Co., Alonzo Chappel Feb 2023

Battle Of Malvern Hill., Johnson, Fry And Co., Alonzo Chappel

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The image depicts a scene from Battle of Malvern Hill, which took place near Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War on July 1, 1862 as a part of the Peninsula Campaign's Seven Days Battles. The engraving shows hundreds of soldiers lined in rows while men on horses appear throughout the scene. The image appears to have been taken from a bound volume, possibly from E.A. Duyckinck's History of the War for the Union.

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Attack Upon The 6th Mass. Regiment, John Chester Buttre, William Momberger Feb 2023

Attack Upon The 6th Mass. Regiment, John Chester Buttre, William Momberger

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The engraving features a black and white 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. The engraving originally appeared in The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War In The United States of America. This particular copy was removed from the bound volume.

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Loyal Americans, Charles D. And Rews, Alfred Kemble Kipps, Benjamin B. Russell Feb 2023

Loyal Americans, Charles D. And Rews, Alfred Kemble Kipps, Benjamin B. Russell

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Pictured at the center of the tinted lithograph is an oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln. This portrait is surrounded by oval portraits of Union statesmen and military leaders (clockwise from top): General Scott, H. Hamlin, S. Cameron, G. Welles, M. Blair, General Butler, General Anderson, Colonel Ellsworth, C.B. Smith, E. Bates, S.P. Chase, and W.H. Seward.

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, Alexand Er Hay Ritchie, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

A. Lincoln Color Engraving, Alexand Er Hay Ritchie, Mathew Brady

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The object is an engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the waist up that has been printed on off-white paper with black ink. It has severe foxing on its recto and verso. The engraving was probably a book illustration.

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Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President Of The United States., E.B. And E.C. Kellogg, Frank P. Whiting Feb 2023

Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President Of The United States., E.B. And E.C. Kellogg, Frank P. Whiting

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The chromolithograph is a memorial print depicting a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln. A decorative garland adorned with a red, white, and blue ribbon surrounds the portrait, while a dove holding an olive branch rests in a nest at the garland's top.

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Battle Of Pea Ridge. Gen. Sigel's Charge., William T. Crane, John Rogers, Samuel Walker Feb 2023

Battle Of Pea Ridge. Gen. Sigel's Charge., William T. Crane, John Rogers, Samuel Walker

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The black and white steel engraving depicts a scene from the Battle of Pea Ridge. In the scene, General Sigel and another officer ride on horseback as the battle rages in the background. A dead soldier lies in the foreground, while an American flag waves in the distance.

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Battle Of Shiloh, Tenn. Charge Of General Grant., Felix Octavius Carr Darley, William Ridgeway, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers Feb 2023

Battle Of Shiloh, Tenn. Charge Of General Grant., Felix Octavius Carr Darley, William Ridgeway, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers

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The black and white steel engraving features a scene from the Battle of Shiloh. In the scene, General Grant rides his horse as Confederate soldiers flee the cavalry charge. In the foreground, a tattered flag is held by a fallen soldier. The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the Civil War's Western Theater, and is considered one of the bloodiest battles in American history, resulting in over twenty-three thousand collective casualties.

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City Of Providence From Prospect Hill, D. Appleton And Co. Feb 2023

City Of Providence From Prospect Hill, D. Appleton And Co.

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The color engraving features an illustration of the city of Providence, Rhode Island from the vantage point of Prospect Hill. A man and a woman stand on the hillside while looking sown on the city. The image features hues of green, brown, black, pink, blue, and white. It is printed on off-white paper.

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Battle Of Ball's Bluff, Va. Rescuing The Body Of Brig. Gen. Baker, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, J. Godfrey, Virtue And Co. Publishers Feb 2023

Battle Of Ball's Bluff, Va. Rescuing The Body Of Brig. Gen. Baker, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, J. Godfrey, Virtue And Co. Publishers

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The black and white engraving depicts a scene from the Battle of Ball's Bluff, where Colonel Edward Baker was shot and killed. The image shows several Union soldiers carrying Baker's lifeless body while others fight with swords and rifles.

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The Valley Of The Shenandoah, From Jeffersons Rock (Harper's Ferry), William H. Barlett, James Tibbitts Willmore, George Virtue Feb 2023

The Valley Of The Shenandoah, From Jeffersons Rock (Harper's Ferry), William H. Barlett, James Tibbitts Willmore, George Virtue

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The black and white steel engraving depicts a scene from the Shenandoah River Valley. In the scene, three women and one man stand on rocky terrain that overlooks the Shenandoah River. Two goats are also pictured among the natural vegetation. A crescent moon hangs in the sky at the image's upper left corner.

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Battle At Wilson's Creek, Mo., Felix Octavius Carr Darley, V. Balch, Virtue And Co. Publishers Feb 2023

Battle At Wilson's Creek, Mo., Felix Octavius Carr Darley, V. Balch, Virtue And Co. Publishers

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The black and white steel engraving features a scene from the Battle of Wilson's Creek. In this battle, Nathaniel Lyon became the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War. The scene depicts his death amongst the chaos of battle.

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Jefferson Davis Steel Engraving, Stick And Druck Von Weger, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

Jefferson Davis Steel Engraving, Stick And Druck Von Weger, Mathew Brady

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The steel engraving features a bust portrait of Jefferson David. It is engraved in black ink on off-white paper. There appears to be water damage to the right side of the engraving. Several areas of foxing are evident. It was accompanied by a Confederate $50.00 bill.

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Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, F. F. Walker, Virtue And Co. Publishers Feb 2023

Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, F. F. Walker, Virtue And Co. Publishers

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The black and white engraving features 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. The engraving may have originally appeared in a bound volume, as evidenced by the holes at the engraving's bottom.

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Gen. Kearney's Charge At The Battle Of Chantilly, Va., John R. Chapin, Virtue And Co. Publishers Feb 2023

Gen. Kearney's Charge At The Battle Of Chantilly, Va., John R. Chapin, Virtue And Co. Publishers

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The black and white engraving features a scene from the Battle of Chantilly, where General Philip Kearny was killed in action. The image depicts Kearny on horseback as Union troops and an American flag follow him into battle. Confederate soldiers stand at his front with their guns pointed. The engraving appears to have been removed from a bound volume as evidenced by the binding holes at the engraving's top edge.

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Battle Of Murfresboro - Capture Of A Confederate Flag., Johnson, Fry And Co., Alonzo Chappel Feb 2023

Battle Of Murfresboro - Capture Of A Confederate Flag., Johnson, Fry And Co., Alonzo Chappel

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The black and white steel engraving depicts a scene from the Battle of Murfreesboro. It shows Union soldiers taking over a cannon as well as fighting for a Confederate flag in the background. The engraving most likely was taken from E.A. Duyckinck's History of the War for the Union.

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Capture Of Forth Donelson, Tenn. Charge Of Gen. Smith's Division, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, Virtue And Co. Publishers Feb 2023

Capture Of Forth Donelson, Tenn. Charge Of Gen. Smith's Division, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, Virtue And Co. Publishers

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The black and white engraving depicts a scene from the Battle of Fort Donelson, where General Charles Ferguson Smith successfully led his division of volunteers in February 1862. The image shows soldiers fighting on a battlefield. Several bodies lie lifeless on the ground. An American flag waves prominently at the center of the image.

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Capture Of Roanoke Island, Charge Of Zouaves, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, John J. Crew, Virtue And Co. Publishers Feb 2023

Capture Of Roanoke Island, Charge Of Zouaves, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, John J. Crew, Virtue And Co. Publishers

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The black and white engraving features a violent scene from the Battle of Roanoke Island. In the scene, soldiers fight with rifles and swords drawn. Several bodies lie lifeless on the ground, while two American flags wave in the background.

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