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Because he stood at 6' 4" and weighed 180 pounds, had long gangling limbs, and a somewhat sunken in chest, and add to that his ( I'm not going to use ugly or homely ) dysmorphic face, Abraham Lincoln became a prime target for political cartoons following his nomination for president in 1860. Albert Shaw, editor-in-chief of the American edition of the magazine Review of Reviews, reproduced in the Review a selection of cartoons that had appeared in the press between 1860 and 1864. A few years later, he published them in book form as Abraham Lincoln in Contemporary Caricature.
I'm going to post a few of these cartoons, and if you know of any that appeal to you, please feel free to share them here.
When a rumored plot to assassinate him on his way to Washington meant that the president-elect had to be taken through Baltimore in disguise, Harper’s Weekly published a series of four cartoons titled “The Flight of Abraham.” The third in the series showed a ridiculous, clearly not an “entirely unrecognizable” Lincoln in his purported disguise.
I'm going to post a few of these cartoons, and if you know of any that appeal to you, please feel free to share them here.
When a rumored plot to assassinate him on his way to Washington meant that the president-elect had to be taken through Baltimore in disguise, Harper’s Weekly published a series of four cartoons titled “The Flight of Abraham.” The third in the series showed a ridiculous, clearly not an “entirely unrecognizable” Lincoln in his purported disguise.