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The Late Lamented President Lincoln
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The Late Lamented President Lincoln

Thomas Stevens, English, 1828–1888 · 1865–1869 · Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Bookmark or stevengraph with a portrait medallion of Abraham Lincoln surmounted by an eagle perched on a shield flag that holds a banner in its beak that reads "E Pluribus Unum." Inscription at top reads: "Assassinated at Washington 14 April 1865," and just below another inscription: "I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by. And if it be the pleasure of Almighty God. To die by. (A Lincoln)

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Credit lineThe Late Lamented President Lincoln. 1865–1869. Thomas Stevens, English, 1828–1888. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Henry Semonds. CC0.
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