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Box at Ford's Theatre engraving
- Creator:
- Andersen-Lamb Photogravure Company
- Location:
- New York, Brooklyn
- Origin Date:
- 1910-1930
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 12 7/8 in x 9 15/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.2799
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This photogravure features the President's box at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C., as it looked when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated there on April 15, 1865. The box is shown with the two arches draped with heavy curtains. Several large American flags.are draped or on flag stands at the sides and front of the box. A framed portrait of President George Washington stands in the center of the front of the box. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum