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[Chromolithograph oil portrait of Abraham Lincoln, framed]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02914 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cincinatti, Ohio Type: Print Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 art original : oil : framed Height: 55 cm, Width: 48 cm Order a Copy

Idealized oil chromolithograph of Lincoln mounted on wooden backing within an oval wood frame. Published by E. C. Middleton & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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