The Lincoln Image
Subtitle: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE POPULAR PRINT
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: September 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780252069840
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Cultural studies; Media studies; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Media Studies - Print Media; United States - 19th Century; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Art & Politics; Photojournalism; 1809-1865.; Exhibitions; Lincoln, Abraham,; Pictorial works; Presidents; United States
First sentence: IT REQUIRES a considerable leap of historical imagination to appreciate the pictures of Abraham Lincoln that were offered the American public in defiance of that Democratic wish.