Photograph of the Painting, "Death-Bed of Lincoln, April 15, 1865"
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Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 plunged Americans into deep mourning. Prints and card photographs helped people to understand the tragic event. This is a photograph of a painting made in 1866. It depicts a room of the Petersen House, where the president died, across the street from Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Not all of these people were actually in the room the morning Lincoln died.
Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 plunged Americans into deep mourning. Prints and card photographs helped people to understand the tragic event. This is a photograph of a painting made in 1866. It depicts a room of the Petersen House, where the president died, across the street from Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Not all of these people were actually in the room the morning Lincoln died.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
1866
Subject Date
15 April 1865
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
Photograph by John Goldin of the painting by John H. Littlefield.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2014.0.25.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.438 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front, lower edge: J. GOLDIN, Photo. / DEATH-BED OF LINCOLN. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by J.H. Littlefield, by the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of the D.C. Photographer's imprint on back: JOHN GOLDIN / Photographer / No. 1 Market Space / PENN. AVE. / WASHINGTON D.C. / Additional copies from this plate / can be had if desired.
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