Mourning Ribbon
Textile MakerMade by
Unknown
Date1865-1870
MediumSilk
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (approximate height x width of two pieces together): 9 7/8 x 2 3/16in. (25.1 x 5.6cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Fred McClafferty
DescriptionA silk mourning ribbon for Abraham Lincoln. The top of the ribbon is detached from the main ribbon. The ribbon features an image of Abraham Lincoln in the center with the following text beneath the image: "THE LATE / Lamented / President / Lincoln." The detached top piece has the text: "ASSASSINATED AT WASHINGTON / 14 APRIL 1865 / I HAVE SAID NOTHING BUT WHAT I AM / WILLING TO LIVE BY. AND IF IT BE THE / PLEASURE OF ALMIGHTY GOD, TO DIE BY. / (A. LINCOLN)."
Object number2005.166.0a-b
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Reverend Henry Clay Trumbull
between 1864 and 1865
1860