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

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GLC#
GLC05239
Type
Images
Date
1864
Author/Creator
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893
Title
Abraham Lincoln President of the United States
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 engraving : b&w Height: 38 cm, Width: 26.7 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

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.

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