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Full Dress Rehearsal of the Grand Presidential Corps de Ballet

Full Dress Rehearsal of the Grand Presidential Corps de Ballet

Print
1880
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Kendrick
Frank Leslie's Portrait Pictorial

Frank Leslie's Portrait Pictorial

Periodical
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Grand Masquerade Ball

Grand Masquerade Ball

Print
1866
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Nast

"Taking the Stump" or Stephen in Search of His Mother

Print
1860
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
Progressive Democracy - Prospect of a Smash Up

Progressive Democracy - Prospect of a Smash Up

Print
1860
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan on Battle-Field of Antietam

President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan on Battle-Field of Antietam

Photograph
October 3, 1862
National Portrait Gallery
Alexander Gardner
Grand Reception at the White House, January, 1862

Grand Reception at the White House, January, 1862

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1862
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
The Great American Buck Hunt of 1856

The Great American Buck Hunt of 1856

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1856
National Portrait Gallery
Nathaniel Currier
Political

Political "Blondins" Crossing Salt River

Print
1860
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
William McKinley

William McKinley

Photograph
1901
National Portrait Gallery
Underwood & Underwood
Council of War

Council of War

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1865
National Portrait Gallery
Peter Kramer
Assassination of President Lincoln

Assassination of President Lincoln

Print
1865
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
What I Know About Horace Greeley

What I Know About Horace Greeley

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January 20, 1872
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Nast
Lincoln in Richmond

Lincoln in Richmond

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1865
National Portrait Gallery
Lambert Hollis
Lincoln in Richmond

Lincoln in Richmond

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1866
National Portrait Gallery
J. C. Buttre Engraving Company

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