Lithograph, "Last Moments of President LIncoln," 1865
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Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 plunged Americans into deep mourning. Before the existence of newspaper photos and television, lithographs helped people to understand the tragic event. This print depicts a room of the Petersen House, where the president died, across the street from Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Not all of these people were actually in the room the morning Lincoln died.
Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 plunged Americans into deep mourning. Before the existence of newspaper photos and television, lithographs helped people to understand the tragic event. This print depicts a room of the Petersen House, where the president died, across the street from Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Not all of these people were actually in the room the morning Lincoln died.
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Date Made
1865
Subject Date
15 April 1865
Keywords
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
58.76.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Ink
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 13.125 in
Width: 15.75 in
Inscriptions
Below image: LAST MOMENTS OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN./WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 15TH 1865./ISSUED FROM BUFFORDS' PRINT PUBLISHING HOUSE, 818 WASHINGTON ST. BOSTON, MASS./Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1865 by J.H. Bufford in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Mass. Print is keyed from left to right WELLS. CHASE. SUMNER. ROB'T LINCOLN. GEN HALLECK. STAUNTON.
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