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Lincoln Reading His Inaugural Address: 1861 Print - Print of President Lincoln Reading His Inaugural Address. The print is a centerfold from an original March 16th, 1861 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Black and white woodcut made after photograph by George Stacy. Condition Note: Page has been affixed on the upper edge to a protective backing paper and has some adhesive bleed through, upper left corner tear, centerfold, and some paper wave/ wrinkle, pencil writing on lower edge – Date and Leslies-. Measurements: main image 20 x 14.5 inches. Protected under mylar wrap on an 18 x 24 in foam core board. The full caption reads Inauguration of the Sixteenth President of the United States—Scene in Front of the Capitol at Washington, D.C.—Abraham Lincoln, President-Elect, Reading His Inaugural Address, Previous to Receiving the Oath of Office from Chief Justice Taney, March 4th, 1861.