Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln seated with his right hand resting on a table. There is a bust in the background. Books, papers, and maps are strewn about the room."This is one of several composite prints issued after Lincoln's assassination for which slightly unscrupulous engravers adapted outdated portraits of former or less saleable celebrities by substituting Lincoln's head." This picture was originally of Francis Preston Blair, Jr., who was elected a Missouri Congressman and was a general in the Civil War. This body was not the best choice, as Blair had a paunch and has fine hands that have never done manual labor