Funeral Services for President Lincoln, East Room of the White House, April 19, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/18/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 3, 2013.

Depicted ContentLincoln's Assassination

Depicted ContentThe body of slain President Lincoln is laying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda

Depicted ContentAt ten o'clock in the morning President Lincoln's remains reach Baltimore to lie in state there for several hours

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 ContentThe funeral service for President Lincoln takes place in the White House East Room at noon

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Funeral Service over the remains of President Lincoln, as they lay in state in the East Room of the White House, April 19, 1865 - From a sketch by our Special Artist, C.E.H. Bonwill.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 6, 1865, 100-101.