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Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President – Historic Reproduction

Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President, [Philadelphia] : J[ohn] L. Magee, pub., 305 Walnut St. Philada., c1865. — antique lithograph
Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President, [Philadelphia] : J[ohn] L. Magee, pub., 305 Walnut St. Philada., c1865.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Satan is shown at Booth's side, urging the actor toward killing President Abraham Lincoln, a moral framing of the conspiracy that this lithograph makes unusually direct. John L. Magee published it in Philadelphia, and the record notes that he probably drew it himself. Magee's shop issued a run of political caricatures during the Civil War, and this print reflects how many Northern viewers understood the plot in 1865: less as a partisan matter than as a sin the devil had put into a man's head. Its date, about 1865, places it in the year Lincoln was shot at Ford's theater in April.

Created / published[Philadelphia] : J[ohn] L. Magee, pub., 305 Walnut St. Philada., c1865.
Medium1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 22.1 x 14.6 cm.
Genrep. 81 Published in: American political prints
NotesTitle from item. Probably drawn by John L. Magee. Entered ... 1865 by J.L. Magee ..." The Lincoln Image
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,298 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128608

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