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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-08-14-B
KN06
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-09-E
KN16
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18665
Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln displayed in the State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C. The portrait was painted in 1869 by George P. A. Healy. An inscription on the green marble mantle reads “I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessings on THIS HOUSE and on All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof! Nov. 2, 1800 John Adams”