Fruit of Freedom 1858 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

and the avenues drawn in the bold optimism of an architect who believed the future would be built

and any space drawn to the long sweep of American historical memory

and the quiet shimmer of riverfront shipyards

Republican Candidate for Vice President of the United States

Fruit of Freedom 1858 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame Abraham LincolnFruit of Freedom 1858 arrives on the eve of the storm, its allegory ripening in a year when Lincoln and Douglas were still arguing the future of the Union from Illinois platforms. The print speaks the antebellum dialect fluently liberty rendered as harvest, even as the orchard itself was splitting at the root. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,