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The Deathbed of the Martyr President Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- Currier & Ives
- Location:
- New York, New York
- Origin Date:
- 1865
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 18 1/4 in x 22 3/8 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0075
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
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. Welles, surgeon (seated beside the bed). The print is titled in the margin: "The Deathbed of the Martyr President Abraham Lincoln. Washington, Saturday Morning, April 15th, 1865, at 22 minutes past 7 o'clock." This print is the third version of President Lincoln's deathbed scene published by Currier and Ives. For more information on other Lincoln deathbed prints with various numbers of visitors present, see Lincoln Lore, number 1517, July, 1964. Copy and paste the following URL into a browser to read the issue online: https://archive.org/details/assassix00linc Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum