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The Deathbed of the Martyr President Abraham Lincoln. Washington, Saturday Morning, April 15th, 1865, at 22 minutes past 7 O'clock
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Though this scene shows a young boy in the doorway of the room where Lincoln died, 12-year-old Tad Lincoln was not present at his father’s deathbed.
Robert Todd Lincoln, pictured in uniform at the end of the bed, was present when his father died.
Dozens of prints of Lincoln’s deathbed scene flooded the market following the president’s death. The number and identities of the witnesses pictured varied, with the most elaborate painting showing 47 people at Lincoln’s bedside.
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- Description
- This lithograph depicts President Abraham Lincoln, deceased, in a large white bed surrounded by fifteen men. Miss Harris and Mrs. Lincoln are shown in the doorway rather than near the bed. Text below the image identifies (left to right): Genl. Halleck, Genl. Meigs, Miss Harris, Mrs. Lincoln & son, Vice Prest. Johnson, Secy. Stanton, Postmaster Dennison, clergyman, surgeon, Mr. Colfax, Chas. Sumner, Capt. R. Lincoln, Chief Justice Chase, Sec. McCulloch, surgeon, Sec.…
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0075
