The finished studio portrait appeared to show Abraham Lincoln's ghost standing behind his wife with his hands placed on her shoulders. Mary Todd Lincoln, February 1872.

Thousands of Americans have signed a petition to remove a statue depicting President Abraham Lincoln standing over a freed slave in Boston’s Park Square, as a national movement to remove ...

Abraham Lincoln statue in Lincoln Park vandalized Anonymous group seeking to draw attention to Indigenous Peoples’ Day claims credit for pouring paint on the ‘Standing Lincoln,’ calling the ...

No arrests have been made since the discovery of the damage at the “Standing Lincoln” statue, in the 1700 block of North Stockton Drive. Police said it was defaced sometime in the overnight hours.

The resulting photograph—by Brady’s own account procured with much difficulty and extensive stagecraft—helped create a favorable public image of Lincoln. Standing at three-quarter length ...