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We Mourn Our Loved and Martyred Guide
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1865
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 24 1/16 in x 19 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.1844
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This mourning broadside was published to commemorate the death of President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, in Washington, D.C. A large head and shoulders portrait of Lincoln within a rectangular black line frame is in the center of the broadside. Surrounding the text and the portrait is a wide black mourning border. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.