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![[Charles Wickliffe Beckham, seated at his desk, in photograph ca. 1885]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzAvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlcy13aWNrbGlmZmUtYmVja2hhbS1zZWF0ZWQtYXQtaGlzLWRlc2staW4tcGhvdG9ncmFwaC1jYS0xODg1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/391/jpg "[Charles Wickliffe Beckham, seated at his desk, in photograph ca. 1885]")
![[Relyea portrait of Lincoln seated at desk.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjQvcmVseWVhLXBvcnRyYWl0LW9mLWxpbmNvbG4tc2VhdGVkLWF0LWRlc2stNWZkYThkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Relyea portrait of Lincoln seated at desk.]")
![[William Allan Pinkerton, 1846-1923, full-length portrait, seated, at desk in office]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvd2lsbGlhbS1hbGxhbi1waW5rZXJ0b24tMTg0Ni0xOTIzLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1hdC1kZXNrLWluLW9mZmljZS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[William Allan Pinkerton, 1846-1923, full-length portrait, seated, at desk in office]")
![[Full-length portrait of President Abraham Lincoln seated next to small table, February 24, 1861]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtcHJlc2lkZW50LWFicmFoYW0tbGluY29sbi1zZWF0ZWQtbmV4dC10by1zbWFsbC10YWJsZS0wMWM0ODUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Full-length portrait of President Abraham Lincoln seated next to small table, February 24, 1861]")
![[Abraham Lincoln, seated next to small table, in a reflective pose, May 16, 1861]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXNlYXRlZC1uZXh0LXRvLXNtYWxsLXRhYmxlLWluLWEtcmVmbGVjdGl2ZS1wb3NlLW1heS0xNi0xODYxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/64/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, seated next to small table, in a reflective pose, May 16, 1861]")
![[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC03MzM5ZDYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated]")
![[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, full-length portrait, seated]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvYW5kcmV3LWNhcm5lZ2llLTE4MzUtMTkxOS1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, full-length portrait, seated]")
