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Reading by the Aid of a Drummond Light the Returns of the Presidential Election
- Creator:
- Harper's Weekly
- Location:
- New York, New York
- Origin Date:
- 1860
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 14 1/4 in x 20 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.1926
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This woodcut engraving depicts the crowd of people watching the election returns on the night of November 6, 1860, outside the Herald Office in New York City at the corner of Fulton and Nassau Streets. The illustration was published in the November 10, 1860, issue of Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization on pages 712-713. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.
