The Death-Bed of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln

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Publisher Currier & Ives (American, 1857 - 1907)

Datepublished 1865

MediumLithograph

DimensionsComposition: 10 × 8 7/16 in. (25.4 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 11 15/16 × 16 in. (30.3 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891

Object number1949.4

Not on view

DescriptionScene of lincoln's death in his bedroom with his family and friends looking on.

Collections

American Art

Additional Details

Provenance 1949: Hamilton College, by gift 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. 1471

Signature Not signed.

Inscribed "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." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "Mr. Chase C.J. / Sec. Mc. Culloch. / Atty. Genl. at lower left in typeset in black ink; "Vice Prest Johnson. Chas. Sumner Secy. Stanton. Secy. Wells. Robt. Lincoln. Surg. Genl. Mrs. Lincoln & Son. Miss Harris." at lower left to right in typeset in black ink; "THE DEATH-BED OF THE MARTYR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 15TH.. 1865. / PUBD. BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU ST N.Y." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "MWPI" on verso at lower left in pencil.