Creator:
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Location:
Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield
Origin Date:
2000-2005
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 24 in x 36 in
Item ID:
71.2009.081.1934
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Fine Art

Description

This print features a small oval portrait of each of President Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet members along with a quotation. The quotations are either by the Cabinet member about President Lincoln or by President Lincoln about the Cabinet member. The birth and death dates as well as the dates of service are included. The members of Lincoln's cabinet are: William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, William P. Fessendon, Hugh McCulloch, Simon Cameron, Edwin M. Stanton, Gideon Welles, Edward Bates, James Speed, Caleb B. Smith, John P. Usher, Montgomery Blair, William Dennison, Hannibal Hamlin, and Andrew Johnson. The background behind the above includes images of J. L. G. Ferris' "Lincoln at Independence Hall" as well as images of the text of the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum