Abraham Lincoln mb-height 628 'Relieving Guard at The Vatican'

'Relieving Guard at The Vatican'

a house on left (representing England) sinks into decrepitude

one by one

In the foreground a street seller

and come and go when you like

Abraham Lincoln mb-height 628 'Relieving Guard at The Vatican'Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, 19th century. Lincoln (1809 1865) joined the Republican party in 1858 and was elected president two years later. In 1863, he proclaimed the emancipation of all slaves in the southern Confederate states and later that year restated his anti slavery views in the Gettysburg Address. During his 1864 campaign for re election, he embraced the abolition of slavery. He was infamously shot by actor John