Death of Lincoln. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Summary
Diagrammatic reconstruction of Lincoln deathbed scene.
Title inscribed lower right.
Inscribed above image, from left to right: Henrys [Horseshow] (picture); Wells; Stanton; Unknown; Dennison; Sumner; Capt [Robert] Lincoln; Halleck in uniform; Gen Meigs in uniform. Inscribed on figure in image: Hay. Inscribed Doctor Summoned; Mrs. Lincoln would take this place.
Drawn on verso is a pencil sketch of 2 rectangles-possibly the plan of the room.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.380)
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, 6 May 1865, p. 276.
Exhibited: "American Treasures," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.
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