Abraham Lincoln 19th Century 3 Francisco_old_map The lithographer's careful shading lingers

The lithographer's careful shading lingers on those famously hollowed eyes

rendered in the engraver's solemn flatter on the eve of his ascent to the Senate

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Presidential Inauguration 1881

rendered in the sober portraiture befitting the man who damned the torpedoes and gave the Union its first full admiral

Abraham Lincoln 19th Century 3 Francisco_old_map The lithographer's careful shading lingersAbraham Lincoln 19th Century 3 a portrait of the rail splitter turned wartime president, his gaunt features rendered in the grave register reserved for men carrying a fracturing republic. The lithographer's hand lingers on those famously hollowed eyes, as if the country's grief were already gathering there. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional