"Lincoln: A Presidency in Pictures" exhibition features approximately 50 engravings that depict the major events of the Lincoln Presidency, from the Republican Convention in Chicago (May, 1860) to the hanging of Lincoln's assassins (July, 1865). All the images, original engravings published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and Harper's Weekly, are from a private collection and have not been previously displayed in Kentucky. The pictures, contemporaneous with the events they depict, tell the story of the Lincoln presidency and demonstrate the power of imagery in 19th century popular media. |
