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Pictorial representations Lincoln’s deathbed
08-30-2014, 07:37 AM
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(08-29-2014 09:51 AM)loetar44 Wrote:  
In the Chappel painting you can clearly see a print that hung over the bed where Lincoln died. Many printmakers included this print in their depictions of the deathbed scene. And yes, this engraving was actually in the room. I suspect it was an engraving after the painting “The Village Blacksmith”, from John Frederick Herring Sr. (12 September 1795 – 23 September 1865) a British artist. Does anyone know something about the other prints that hung over the bed?

I just found in the Lincoln Lore #523, April 17, 1939 the following:

   

So, my question about the prints that hung over Lincoln's bed is solved.
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RE: Pictorial representations Lincoln’s deathbed - loetar44 - 08-30-2014 07:37 AM
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