Abraham Lincoln, Republican Candidate for President of the United States – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Abraham Lincoln, Republican Candidate for President of the United States, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Abraham Lincoln, Republican Candidate for President of the United States
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Lincoln appears here as a candidate rather than a president, which places the image in 1860, when he won the Republican nomination in Chicago and then the election that fall. The title itself is the main clue: it presents him as a party's standard-bearer, a status that carried real stakes as the country moved toward secession. Portraits made for campaigns like this one were widely copied and sold, and they helped voters who had never seen him in person form an impression of the man from Illinois. It is worth noticing how carefully such images were posed to project seriousness and steadiness during a deeply divided period.
| Original scan | 6,996 × 5,518 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | L-E-7 |
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