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Political Gymnasium

Artist: Louis Maurer, 1832 - 1932
Lithographer: Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907
Sitter: Edward Everett, 11 Apr 1794 - 15 Jan 1865; John Bell, 18 Feb 1796 - 10 Sep 1869; Horace Greeley, 3 Feb 1811 - 29 Nov 1872; Charles Sumner, 6 Jan 1811 - 11 Mar 1874; Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865; Stephen Arnold Douglas, 23 Apr 1813 - 3 Jun 1861; John Cabell Breckinridge, 15 Jan 1821 - 17 May 1875; William Henry Seward, 16 May 1801 - 15 Oct 1872

Date: 1860

Type: Print

Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: Image: 26.3 x 42.7cm (10 3/8 x 16 13/16"); Sheet: 33.9 x 45.4cm (13 3/8 x 17 7/8")

Topic: Caricature; Cartoon; Cartoon\Political; John Bell: Male; John Bell: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; John Bell: Politics and Government\Presidential Candidate; John Bell: Politics and Government\Cabinet Member\Secretary of War; John Bell: Politics and Government\US Senator\Tennessee; John Bell: Politics and Government\State Senator\Tennessee; Charles Sumner: Male; Charles Sumner: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; Charles Sumner: Politics and Government\Statesman; Charles Sumner: Education\Educator\Lecturer; Charles Sumner: Politics and Government\US Senator\Massachusetts; William Henry Seward: Male; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York; William Henry Seward: Law and Law Enforcement\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; Horace Greeley: Male; Horace Greeley: Politics and Government\Presidential Candidate; Horace Greeley: Communications\Publisher\Magazine; Horace Greeley: Communications\Publisher\Newspaper; Horace Greeley: Communications\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper; Horace Greeley: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist; Stephen Arnold Douglas: Male; Stephen Arnold Douglas: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; Stephen Arnold Douglas: Politics and Government\Presidential Candidate; Stephen Arnold Douglas: Politics and Government\US Senator\Illinois; Stephen Arnold Douglas: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Illinois; Stephen Arnold Douglas: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois; Stephen Arnold Douglas: Law and Law Enforcement\Judge\Justice\State Supreme Court Justice\Illinois; John Cabell Breckinridge: Male; John Cabell Breckinridge: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Presidential Candidate; John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US; John Cabell Breckinridge: Military\Army\Officer\Civil War; John Cabell Breckinridge: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Executive\Railroad; John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Cabinet Member\Secretary of War\Confederate Secretary of War; John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Kentucky; John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\US Senator\Kentucky; Edward Everett: Male; Edward Everett: Politics and Government\Statesman; Edward Everett: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Massachusetts; Edward Everett: Politics and Government\Governor\Massachusetts; Edward Everett: Education\Educator\Lecturer; Edward Everett: Education\Administrator\University\President; Edward Everett: Politics and Government\Cabinet Member\Secretary of State; Edward Everett: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister; Edward Everett: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister; Edward Everett: Politics and Government\US Senator\Massachusetts; Abraham Lincoln: Male; Abraham Lincoln: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; Abraham Lincoln: Military\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; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.83.239

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery