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Abraham Lincoln's Return Home
- Creator:
- Rees Print & Litho. Co.
- Location:
- Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha
- Origin Date:
- 1860-1898
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 24 1/2 in x 28 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0233
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This color print depicts President Abraham Lincoln returning to his Springfield home after his successful campaign for the sixteenth presidency. Lincoln rides a horse and tips his hat to the crowd gathered in front of his two-story house on the corner lot. The printmaker took some creative license with this scene as Lincoln had not yet grown a beard in October 1860, nor did he leave his hometown to campaign. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.