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National picture. Behold oh! America, your sons. The greatest among men / L. Kurz ; lith. by Chas. Shober, Chicago.

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National picture. Behold oh! America, your sons. The greatest among men / L. Kurz ; lith. by Chas. Shober, Chicago.

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A smaller version of no. 1865-7, issued later the same year and printed from one rather than two lithographic stones. In this version the figure of Lincoln is more convincingly drawn, but the continent is cropped and misshapen. A scroll with the words "Our Country" crosses the shield held by Washington, holding the Consitution, and Lincoln, holding the Emancipation proclamation. The words "Under Providence Washington made and Lincoln saved" appear above the figures.
Title from print.
Signed on stone on lower left: L. Kurz.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by E. Shogren, in the Clerks Office of the Dist. Court of the U.S. for the Northern District of Illinois."
The Library's impression of this version was deposited for copyright on August 7, 1865, about three weeks later than the larger version.
Inscribed in ink at top left: 1711.
Stamped on verso: Copyright Library Aug. 9 1866.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1865-8.

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01/01/1865
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Shober, Charles, lithographer
Kurz, Louis, 1833-1921, artist
Shogren, Erik, copyright claimant
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Library of Congress
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