Deathbed of Abraham Lincoln, 1865
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Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 plunged Americans into deep mourning. Prints and card photographs helped people to understand the tragic event. This collage has a drawing with photographic bust portraits added. It 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. Prints and card photographs helped people to understand the tragic event. This collage has a drawing with photographic bust portraits added. It 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
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
1865
Keywords
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Cartes-de-visite (Card photographs)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2005.0.12.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.438 in
Width: 3.938 in
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