Death of Abraham Lincoln.
PrinterPrinted by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
American, 1840 - 1867
Date1865-1867
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 7/16 x 13 1/8in. (21.4 x 33.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/8 x 14 1/8in. (25.7 x 35.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/8 x 14 1/8in. (25.7 x 35.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan
DescriptionA bearded man lies in a plain wooden bed with turned bed posts. His eyes are closed, and he appears to be dead or dying. He wears a shirt with a high collar. His head rests on a pillow. He is covered with an elaborately woven coverlet. Eighteen men and boys are gathered around the bed, which is viewed from the foot and drastically foreshortened. The men wear coats, pants, shirts, and neckties. Some have beards or mustaches. One man wears eyeglasses. A man at the left holds a cane. A man at the right holds a handkerchief to his face and appears to be weeping. A man seated to the right of the bed holds a pocket watch in his left hand. Patterned wallpaper is on the wall. A patterned carpet is on the floor.
Object number1950.202.66
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. / April 15th. 1865. / 259." Names of those present are lithographed in the lower margin: "Mr. J. Ulke." "Mr. Colfaz" "Postmaster Dennison" "Mr. Farnsworth." "Mr. G. Welles. / Young Petersen." "Chief Justice Chase." "Mr. Petersen." "Charles Sumner." "Robert Lincoln. / Surgeon Stone." "Rufus F. Andrews. / Surgeon General Barnes." "Gen. Meade." "Surgeon Crane." "Gen. Halleck." "Mr. Stanton." "Mr. Safford." Lower right, in pencil, "9 1/2 x 13 7/8".On verso, upper left, in red ink, "877". In pencil: upper right, "S. St. J. Morgan"; lower right, accession number "Dwr 7 [crossed out] Drw 56" "consv CPC 1987".
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