Justin H. Howard|Thomas W. Strong|William Shakespeare|Abraham Lincoln|General George B. McClellan

Chicago Nominee: "I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest...Where be your gibes now?–Hamlet, Act IV [sic], Scene 1"

1864
Wood engraving
30.5 × 42.2 cm (12 × 16.6 in)

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