Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, 19th Century Size:18x24 Commander of the American Army

Commander of the American Army 1775

the camera fixing what the army would otherwise have lost to legend

Washington DC arrives in lithographed marble and linen sky — the Capitol dome

a tableau where Emma Lazarus's huddled masses and the machine age share the same patch of sky

Representation of the Massacre of American Prisoners in Dartmoor Prison

Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, 19th Century Size:18x24 Commander of the American ArmyAbraham Lincoln, President of the United States, 19th Century a portrait of the rail splitter turned wartime executive, his gaunt face already carrying the ledger of a republic at war with itself, rendered in the grave engraver's hand reserved for men whose decisions were measured in regiments and graves. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional