Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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"The Funeral--Catafalque at Springfield, Illinois," President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in the Capitol: Illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (June 10, 1865)
Object Number:
1945.580.51
Date:
1865
Medium:
Graphite, black ink and wash on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 13 in. (24.4 x 33 cm)
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at upper right in graphite: "Presdt Lincoln's Funeral / Lying in State / in the Capitol Springfield"
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection. Engraved for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 10 June 1865 (506:XX):488; see also 1945.580.25 and .44
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
