Coffin containing the remains of President Lincoln; Small doors leading to the President's box, Ford's theatre...; Murder of President Lincoln; Mr. Lincoln carried from the theatre to Petersen's house, opposite; Booth's stable ...; Rear of Ford's theatre ... showing door by which Booth made his escape – Historic Print
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Coffin containing the remains of President Lincoln; Small doors leading to the President's box, Ford's theatre...; Murder of President Lincoln; Mr. Lincoln carried from the theatre to Petersen's house, opposite; Booth's stable ...; Rear of Ford's theatre ... showing door by which Booth made his escape comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Coffin containing the remains of President Lincoln; Small doors leading to the President's box, Ford's theatre...; Murder of President Lincoln; Mr. Lincoln carried from the theatre to Petersen's house, opposite; Booth's stable ...; Rear of Ford's theatre ... showing door by which Booth made his escape
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Rather than a single scene, this sheet gathers several places tied to the night Abraham Lincoln was shot: the small doors leading to the presidential box at Ford's theater, the house across the street where he was carried, Booth's stable, and the rear door Booth used to escape. It ran in *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper* in May 1865, about a month after John Wilkes Booth shot the president on April 14 and Lincoln died the next morning. The inclusion of the stable and back door reflects the public's fascination with the manhunt for Booth, who was killed in Virginia on April 26.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 502 (1865 May 13), p. 125. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,051 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110821 |
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