Invitation to view The Last Hours of Lincoln, 1868
    A business venture, The Last Hours of Lincoln, was made into engraved copies and sold by subscription to an American public hungry for images of the martyred president. An invitation to view the original painting includes a key naming all of its figures.
 
Invitation to view The Last Hours of Lincoln, 1868


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Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society
 
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