John Wilkes Booth fleeing via the stage at Ford's Theater, April 14, 1865, artist's impression, detail

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John Wilkes Booth fleeing via the stage at Ford's Theater, April 14, 1865, artist's impression, 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 8, 2013.
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engraving
Original caption
Murder of President Lincoln - the assassin retreating across the stage and Mr. Stewart climbing upon it to pursue him - From a sketch by our Special Artist, A. Berghaus.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 20, 1865, 140.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 
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