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The assassination of President Lincoln: at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865 – Vintage Wall Art

The assassination of President Lincoln: at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865, New York : Currier & Ives, 1865. — antique lithograph
The assassination of President Lincoln: at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865, New York : Currier & Ives, 1865.. Antique lithograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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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A window into the past: The assassination of President Lincoln: at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865, preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Few events of 1865 were pictured as quickly as the shooting at Ford's theater, and this Currier & Ives lithograph reconstructs the scene of April 14. John Wilkes Booth, an actor who knew the theater well, slipped into the presidential box during a performance of the comedy *Our American Cousin* and shot Abraham Lincoln at close range. Lincoln died the next morning. The New York firm sold many such prints to a nation in mourning, so the image reflects both the event and the public appetite for it. Booth himself was killed in Virginia less than two weeks later.

Created / publishedNew York : Currier & Ives, 1865.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1860-1870.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0314. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Lincoln, Abraham.
SubjectsLincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Assassination--Washington (D.C.). Booth, John Wilkes,--1838-1865. Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)--1860-1870. Assassinations--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,280 × 1,028 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-109701

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