Last public speech Abraham Lincoln

[STS Lincolnite]

Kees,

I saw that painting of Lincoln's last speech as well. Although I don't know that I would call it "falsification of history". That would imply the artist actually knew that it was inaccurate and then misrepresented the scene. I think that gives the artist too much credit. I suspect ignorance of history would be more accurate - the artist just had no real knowledge of the subject and didn't care enough to actually study it. As you said, it was only about making money from it.

I am attaching a sketch I found that at least is a little more accurate representation.