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
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. April 14th, 1865
Artist/Maker
Publisher (American, 1857 - 1907)
Datepublished 1865
MediumHand-colored lithograph
DimensionsComposition: 7 15/16 × 12 1/4 in. (20.2 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891, 1959
Object number1959.8
Not on view
DescriptionScene at Ford's theater in which President Lincoln, sitting with family and friends, is shot by an assassin.
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Exhibition History 1988
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "America on the Move," January 9 - February 21, 1988 (no cat.);

1963
Utica, NY (Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Auditorium Gallery). January 13 - February 10, 1963.
Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams
Markings None noted.
Published References Frederick A. Conningham, CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983), no. 291
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "Maj. Rathborne. Miss Harris. Mrs. Lincoln President. Assassin." from lower left to right in typeset in black ink; "THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, / AT FORD'S THEATRE WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 14th.. 1865." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "Entered according to Act of Congress AD. 1865, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of N.Y. / Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. New York." at lower center in typeset in lower center; "63" at lower left in pencil; "9" at on verso at upper right in pencil.
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