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The assassination of President Lincoln : at Ford's Theatre Washington, D.C. April 14th 1865.
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The assassination of President Lincoln : at Ford's Theatre Washington, D.C. April 14th 1865.
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Creator(s)
Currier & Ives.
Title
The
assassination
of
President
Lincoln
: at
Ford's
Theatre
Washington
,
D.C
.
April
14th
1865
.
Link to library catalog record
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=451522
Date
c1865
.
Publisher
New
York
:
Published
by
Currier
&
Ives
,
152
Nassau
St
.
Physical Description
1
print
on
wove
paper
:
lithograph
,
hand-colored
;
image
20.2
x
31.3
cm.
,
sheet
34.4
x
45
cm
.
Summary
A
lithographic
print
showing
the
assassination
of
President
Lincoln
at
Ford's
Theatre
in
1865
.
Lincoln
is
shown
sitting
in his
theater
box
with his
wife
,
Mary
Todd
Lincoln
,
Major
Henry
R
.
Rathbone
, and
Rathbone's
fiancée
Clara
Harris
.
John
Wilkes
Booth
is
depicted
behind
Lincoln
shooting
a
gun
with a
dagger
in his
left
hand
. An
early
state
published
before
a
name
key
was
printed
under
the
image
identifying
the
individuals
.
Copyright
statement
reads
:
Entered
according
to
Act
of
Congress
A.D
.
1865
, by
Currier
&
Ives
, in the
Clerk's
Office
of the
District
Court
of the
United
States
, for the
Southern
District
of
N.Y
.
#2008.16
.
References
:
Currier
&
Ives
: a
catalogue
raisonné
/
compiled
by
Gale
Research
Company
,
1984
,
#0314
,
pp
.
32-33
.
Subject(s)
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865--Portraits.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Pictorial works.
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882--Portraits.
Rathbone, Clara--Portraits.
Rathbone, Henry Reed, 1837-1911--Portraits.
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site (Washington, D.C.)--Pictorial works.
Genre terms
Lithographs--United States--1860-1870.
Location/Call number
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) B B6RW27 Hi.a.1865
Source
455_17.tif
Rights
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
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