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- Commemorative Engraving, "Abraham Lincoln, Prasident der Vereinigten Staaten, von Nord-Amerika," 1865 - President Lincoln's assassination shocked people around the world, and prints like this honored him. This portrait with German text was made in Breslau, Silesia, Prussia. It features foliage on both sides--probably a tobacco plant on the left representing the southern states, and a spring wheat plant on the right for the northern states. The branches crossing in front of Lincoln's portrait likely symbolized his saving of the Union.
- 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Commemorative Engraving, "Abraham Lincoln, Prasident der Vereinigten Staaten, von Nord-Amerika," 1865
President Lincoln's assassination shocked people around the world, and prints like this honored him. This portrait with German text was made in Breslau, Silesia, Prussia. It features foliage on both sides--probably a tobacco plant on the left representing the southern states, and a spring wheat plant on the right for the northern states. The branches crossing in front of Lincoln's portrait likely symbolized his saving of the Union.