View of the Box in which the Pr[esident was assassina]ted. Taken from the Dress Circle – Historic Photograph Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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View of the Box in which the Pr[esident was assassina]ted. Taken from the Dress Circle
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A pencil sketch on tan paper shows the presidential box at Ford's theater as seen from the dress circle, the spot where John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Handwritten labels mark the stage, the orchestra rows, a lace curtain, a yellow satin drape, and the portrait of Washington hung in the box, draped with a flag. Notes such as "Correct the Perspective" suggest a working study, possibly prepared for a later engraved or printed version. Its marked distances, including the 11 ft 6 in drop from the box to the stage, make it a rare record of the room as it looked that night.
| Created / published | [1865 April 14] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on tan paper : pencil ; 24.5 x 35.1 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | D.C. |
| Notes | Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed left margin within image: Thick Honeysuckle. Inscribed upper right: The Portrait of Washington in center of box was festooned with national flag, Blue field & stars in right of picture. Could not get sketch of scene it was [vicious?] but you can easily get it [?] New York. Correct the Perspective. Inscribed within image as indicators: Stage; Spot on which the man jumped, 11 ft 6 in; orchestra row; Common cane chairs; Parquette; Rail of Dress Circle; Yellow satin; lace curtain; Portrait if Washington; Dark Blue Flag; Stripy; Entrance door from Dress Cricle shown in ground plan. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.913) Reference print available in the Ray, Plate 107 (p. 182). Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. Exhibited: With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress |
| Subjects | Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Assassination. Booth, John Wilkes,--1838-1865--Homes & haunts. Ford's Theater (Washington, D.C.)--1860-1870. Theaters--1860-1870. Interiors--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,029 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110363 |
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