James G. Birney 1844 Size:18x24 the Illinoisan's likeness pressed into

the Illinoisan's likeness pressed into service before the first shot at Sumter

ledgered in the ornamental confidence of late-century engraving

and ranch gates standing sentinel against a horizon that refuses to end

Gerard Bukman 1920 — a name and a year set down in the quiet aftermath of the Armistice

James G. Birney 1844 Size:18x24 the Illinoisan's likeness pressed intoJames G. Birney 1844 the Liberty Party's standard bearer rendered in the sober campaign portrait register of a third party crusade, his abolitionist candidacy quietly siphoning votes from Henry Clay and tilting the White House toward Polk. A small print, an outsized consequence in the slow burning argument over slavery. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National