Lincoln Assassination Paintings/Depictions

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(01-13-2015 06:30 AM)BettyO Wrote:  I thought that this one was really well rendered - at least the people portrayed look like who they are supposed to be; yet the stance and look of everyone in the box is rather indifferent to any perceived violence; Lincoln appears as if he's dozed off; Mary Lincoln looks bored and Rathbone, (for a man with a badly cut artery and practically bleeding to death), looks as if he's simply trying to touch JWB. Clara appears to think "What a RUDE man!" Booth himself seems to have done nothing but "crashed" the theatre box party rather than harmed anyone.....

Any idea of the date on this rendering? I immediately noticed the accurate portrayal of Clara. All these years, we accepted the lady with the petite nose as Clara Harris until the real Clara's photo was identified by Hallam Webber. Whoever created this painting evidently knew what the real Clara looked like.

P.S. I'm not being rude here, just observant.