Reception of the Remains at Chicago – Historic Reproduction
![Reception of the Remains at Chicago, [1865 May 1 or 2] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6c/6ccb6bc074da-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Reception of the Remains at Chicago, a historic drawing rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Reception of the Remains at Chicago
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Thirty-six young women in white, each laying a wreath on the funeral car, set this sketch apart from other views of Lincoln's rail funeral. The handwritten notes worked into the sheet, such as "more figures here if you like" and "lake in the background cant see it," show the artist planning the crowd, the eagles, and the black-and-white draping before the engraving was made. The scene shows the car passing under a decorative arch as Lincoln's body reached Chicago in early May 1865, on its long journey from Washington to Springfield. Harper's Weekly published the drawing on May 20, 1865, giving a national audience an image of how the city's mourning was staged.
| Created / published | [1865 May 1 or 2] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash ; 34.7 x 48.9 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Formerly attributed to Alfred R. 702. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: The Funeral car passing under the arch. 36 young ladies in white placing wreaths upon the coffin or car, one or the other. Inscribed within image as indicators; Genls & Staffs as many as you like lots of them; more figures here if you like; Marshal; eagle; eagle; all the decorations Black & white; Both sides of arch alike; crowd; lake in the background cant see it; Put people in here if you want to. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 20, 1865, p. 309, attributed to William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R2.2.702) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005. |
| Subjects | Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Death & burial. Funeral rites & ceremonies--1860-1870. Military officers--Union--1860-1870. Women--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.United States--Illinois--Chicago |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 984 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110331 |
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