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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05239 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Portrait engraving of Abraham Lincoln |
| Date | 1864 |
| Author | Buttre, John Chester (1821-1893) |
| Additional authors | Momberger, William (b. 1829) |
| Document Type | Artwork |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | President Secession Civil War African American History Emancipation Slavery Westward Expansion Immigration and Migration Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | Buttre, John Chester (1821-1893) Momberger, William (b. 1829) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |