The Death-Bed of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln

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The Death-Bed of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln
The Death-Bed of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln
Artist/Maker
Publisher (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.
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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.

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