Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Luce Center
"The Funeral--Catafalque at Springfield, Illinois," President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in the Capitol: Illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (June 10, 1865)
Title
"The Funeral--Catafalque at Springfield, Illinois," President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in the Capitol: Illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (June 10, 1865)
Date
1865
Medium
Graphite, black ink and wash on ivory paper
Dimensions
Overall: 9 5/8 x 13 in. (24.4 x 33 cm)
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
Object Number
1945.580.51
Inscriptions
Verso inscribed at upper right in graphite: "Presdt Lincoln's Funeral / Lying in State / in the Capitol Springfield"
Provenance
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
