John Wilkes Booth fleeing Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865, artist's impression, further detail.

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John Wilkes Booth fleeing Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865, artist's impression, further detail.
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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 3, 2013.
Depicted ContentLincoln's Assassination
Image type
engraving
Original caption
Booth escaping on horseback from the rear of the theatre after the murder of the President - From a sketch by our Special Artist.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 13, 1865, 117.
Source note
Cropped from the larger version of the image, also available here.
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