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President Lincoln and his Cabinet

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Alternate Title: Abraham Lincoln; Salmon Portland Chase; William Henry Seward; Montgomery Blair; Gideon Welles; Edwin McMasters Stanton; Caleb Blood Smith; Edward Bates

Artist: Edward Herline Lithography Company, active 1840 - 1870
Copy after: Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 1830 - 1900
Publisher: Goff & Brother, active c. 1866
Sitter: Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865; Salmon Portland Chase, 13 Jan 1808 - 7 May 1873; William Henry Seward, 16 May 1801 - 15 Oct 1872; Montgomery Blair, 10 May 1813 - 27 Jul 1883; Gideon Welles, 1 Jul 1802 - 11 Feb 1878; Edwin McMasters Stanton, 19 Dec 1814 - 24 Dec 1869; Caleb Blood Smith, 16 Apr 1808 - 7 Jan 1864; Edward Bates, 4 Sep 1793 - 25 Mar 1869

Date: 1866

Type: Print

Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Dimensions: Image: 44.6 x 61.6cm (17 9/16 x 24 1/4"); Sheet: 56 x 71.2cm (22 1/16 x 28 1/16")

Topic: Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair; Printed Material\Book; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table; Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Chandelier; Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard; Printed Material\Map; Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill; Artwork\Portrait; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bookshelf; William Henry Seward: Male; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York; William Henry Seward: Law and Crime\Lawyer; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Statesman; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Governor\New York; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\State Senator\New York; Caleb Blood Smith: Male; Caleb Blood Smith: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Caleb Blood Smith: Law and Crime\Judge; Caleb Blood Smith: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Interior; Caleb Blood Smith: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Indiana; Caleb Blood Smith: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Indiana; Montgomery Blair: Male; Montgomery Blair: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Montgomery Blair: Law and Crime\Judge; Montgomery Blair: Politics and Government\US Attorney; Montgomery Blair: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster\Postmaster General\US Postmaster General; Montgomery Blair: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\St. Louis, MO; Edward Bates: Male; Edward Bates: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Edward Bates: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General; Edward Bates: Politics and Government\Statesman; Salmon Portland Chase: Male; Salmon Portland Chase: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate; Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Treasury; Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Governor\Ohio; Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State; Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\US Senator\Ohio; Salmon Portland Chase: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist; Salmon Portland Chase: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of US; Gideon Welles: Male; Gideon Welles: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy; Gideon Welles: Journalism and Media\Journalist; Gideon Welles: Journalism and Media\Editor; Gideon Welles: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Connecticut; Gideon Welles: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster; Abraham Lincoln: Male; Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US; Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist; Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster; Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder; Edwin McMasters Stanton: Male; Edwin McMasters Stanton: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General; Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.79.223

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery