President Lincoln's Deathbed, Petersen's Boarding House, Washington, April 14-15, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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President Lincoln's Deathbed, Petersen's Boarding House, Washington, April 14-15, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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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 2, 2013

Depicted ContentLincoln's Assassination

Depicted ContentWilliam T. Clark to Ida Clark, Washington D.C., April 19, 1865

Depicted ContentAt eight o'clock in the morning President Lincoln begins his twelve-day journey home from Washington D.C.

Depicted ContentPresident Lincoln's body taken from Petersen's Boarding house to the White House two hours after death

Depicted ContentPresident Lincoln dies from the head wound John Wilkes Booth inflicted eight hours before

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Scene at the deathbed of President Lincoln

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, May 6, 1865, p. 276.

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