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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Photograph
c. 1864
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Unidentified Artist
William Winston Seaton

William Winston Seaton

Print
1855
National Portrait Gallery
Leopold Grozelier
Theodore Parker

Theodore Parker

Print
1854
National Portrait Gallery
Leopold Grozelier
John Walker Maury

John Walker Maury

Print
1855
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Leopold Grozelier
Gerrit Smith

Gerrit Smith

Print
1854
National Portrait Gallery
Leopold Grozelier
Mathew Brady, Juliet

Mathew Brady, Juliet "Julia" Brady and Ellen Brady Haggerty

Photograph
c. 1851
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Mathew B. Brady
Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind

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c. 1857
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John Sartain
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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c. 1860
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John L. Magee
Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

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c. 1862
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Unidentified Artist
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Photograph
c. 1863
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Unidentified Artist
Wendell Phillips

Wendell Phillips

Print
c. 1855
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Leopold Grozelier
Thomas Handasyd Perkins

Thomas Handasyd Perkins

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1856
National Portrait Gallery
Hezekiah Wright Smith
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson

Photograph
c. 1863
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Mathew B. Brady
Joshua Reed Giddings

Joshua Reed Giddings

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c. 1859
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McClees & Vannerson James Earle McClees Julian Vannerson
Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

Print
1853
National Portrait Gallery
John C. McRae

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