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Immediately after Lincoln’s death, printers hurriedly issued commemorative prints to honor the slain president. Indeed, this image of Lincoln, rising Christ-like from the grave, is a direct copy of an earlier print honoring George Washington but with a different head. This explains the presence of several obscure symbols, such as a Native American in front of the tomb and an American shield with too few stars.</div>
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D. T. Wiest</div>
1865<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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