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Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 Abraham Lincoln President of the United States

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05239 Author/Creator: Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 engraving : b&w ; 38 x 26.7 cm. Order a Copy

Done after a Mathew Brady photograph. Shows Lincoln surrounded by an emblematic border done by New York illustrator William Momberger. The images in the borders portray the defeat of the dragon "Secession," freed slaves, western emigration, rural prosperity, and eventual peace between North and South.

Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893
Momberger, William, 1829-?
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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