Pencil sketch of the Death of Lincoln scene – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Pencil sketch of the Death of Lincoln scene. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Pencil sketch of the Death of Lincoln scene
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Rendered in pencil rather than paint or print, this sketch records the scene in the Petersen House boarding house in Washington, where Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865, after being shot at Ford's theater the night before. Drawings like this were often made quickly by artists who wanted to capture the crowded back bedroom, the gaslight, and the officials and family gathered around the bed. Such sketches were widely reproduced in newspapers and later in popular prints, so the image helped shape how the public imagined the president's last hours. Its loose, unfinished quality is worth noticing, since it shows the working method behind the more polished finished engravings.
| Original scan | 3,800 × 2,627 px · prints to 13 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | L-D-2 |
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