Death of President Lincoln

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  Death of President Lincoln

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  First Lincoln death bed print by Currier & Ives, copyrighted on April 26, 1865. Depicts "little Tad" Lincoln weeping at his mother's knee beside the President's bedside. Tad was never present at the deathbed. This first print shows Gen. Henry W. Halleck (with handkerchief) at the bedside in contrast to the later version in which he is replaced by Vice President Andrew Johnson. See also pri675 (25).

  Pr. Box 675/26

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  Death of President Lincoln./At Washington D.C. April 15th 1865/The Nation's Martyr

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  Variant of the first death bed print published by Currier & Ives. Depicts "little Tad" Lincoln weeping at his mother's knee beside the President's bedside. Tad was never present at the deathbed. This revised version includes Vice President Andrew Johnson at the bedside in place of Gen. Henry W. Halleck. See also pri675 (26)

  Pr. Box 675/25

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  Death Bed of Lincoln

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  Albumen print. Face of the dying president was modeled after the Mathew Brady profile photo taken Feb. 9, 1864 & later adapted for the copper penny. Rare as engraving, but achieved popularity in this format -- as CDV for family albums. Depicts Lincoln on his deathbed, surrounded by his cabinet and generals. A young man (Robert Lincoln?) covers his face in grief, Mary Lincoln is on her knees at the bedside weeping

  photPF 25498

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  Death Bed of Lincoln

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  Engraving. Face of the dying president was modeled after the Mathew Brady profile photo taken Feb. 9, 1864 & later adapted for the copper penny. Depicts Lincoln on his deathbed, surrounded by his cabinet and generals. A young man (Robert Lincoln?) covers his face in grief, Mary Lincoln is on her knees at the bedside weeping. A later photographic print of this image became widely popular.

  Pr. Box 626/26

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  The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865

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  Image of President Abraham Lincoln being shot by Booth.

  photPF 25497

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  A. Lincoln. President of the U.S

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  Image of a full-length portrait of United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War sitting in an office at table and holding a pen; map of the United States on back wall and view out window of soldiers marching in formation.

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