President Lincoln laying in state in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois, May 4, 1865, artist's impression, detail

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/25/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 8, 2013

Depicted ContentLincoln's Assassination

Depicted ContentAbraham Lincoln returns to Springfield, Illinois where his remains lay in state in the State House

Image type

engraving

Original caption

President Lincoln's Funeral - Catafalque in the City Hall, Springfield, Illinois. - (Sketched by William Waud)

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, May 27, 1865, p. 328.

Source note

Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 

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