The Death of Abraham Lincoln

Alexander Hay Ritchie American, born Scotland

Sitter Abraham Lincoln American

1868

Not on view

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Title: The Death of Abraham Lincoln
Artist: Alexander Hay Ritchie (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1822–1895 New Haven, Connecticut)
Sitter: Abraham Lincoln (American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.)
Date: 1868
Medium: Engraving with mezzotint on chine colle
Dimensions: Plate: 26 × 36 5/8 in. (66 × 93 cm)
Sheet: 29 3/4 × 39 3/4 in. (75.6 × 101 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Charles S. White, 1941
Object Number: 41.33.58
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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