Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
ca. 1802
1972.12ab
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
President Abraham Lincoln Lying in State in the Chicago Courthouse, Illinois
Title
President Abraham Lincoln Lying in State in the Chicago Courthouse, Illinois
Date
1865
Medium
Graphite, Cont
Dimensions
Overall: 13 5/16 x 9 3/4 in. (33.8 x 24.8 cm)
Description
Civil War Drawings Collection, see also 1945.580.44 and .51. Reproduced in Roberta J.M. Olson, Drawn By New York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings from the N-YHS (London: Giles, 2008), 313-315.
Credit Line
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number
1945.580.25
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Illinois"; numerous color and detail annotations; verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Lincoln / Lying in State in the / Court House / Chicago"
Provenance
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
