James Watson Webb|William H. Seward|Henry Jarvis Raymond|Louis Maurer|Horace Greeley|Currier & Ives

"The Impending Crisis" – Or Caught in the Act

1860
Lithograph
25 × 38.5 cm (9.8 × 15.2 in)

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