Category: Feature

“Uncle Sam” making new arrangements This print seems to express the growing confidence among Republicans in the election of their candidate Abraham Lincoln. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom

The Political Eclipse of 1860 John Bell at left looks through a telescope at a black image of Abraham Lincoln: View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom

Honest old Abe on the Stump. Springfield 1858 A caricature of Abraham Lincoln, probably appearing soon after his nomination as Republican presidential candidate. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom

A Western Luminary: A Link on (A. Lincoln) the Lighthouse at Chicago Shortly after he received the Republican presidential nomination at Chicago… View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom

The Rail Candidate The antislavery plank was a controversial feature of the 1860 Republican platform. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom

An heir to the throne, or the next Republication candidate The Republicans’ reported support of Negro rights is taken to an extreme here… View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom

Wonderful Surgical Operation This cartoon appeared in Vanity Fair on the eve of the 1860 presidential election. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom

Columbia and Her Suitors Satire of the four presidential candidates – Breckinridge, Bell, Lincoln and Douglas. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom

The National Game, Three Outs and One Run Cartoon satirizing John Bell, Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge and Abraham Lincoln. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom

“The impending crisis” The print’s title derives from the name of Hinton Rowan Helper’s 1857 pamphlet “The Impending Crisis,” an influential document in antislavery literature. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln’s Classroom