The last hours of Lincoln
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1868
- Description
Oil on canvas. Painting- 'The Death of Lincoln'. Scene shows President Abraham Lincoln lying on his deathbed surrounded by forty-six people. Inscribed 'Jno. B. Bachelder/ Designer 1865' and 'A. Chappel 1868'. Interior setting. Mrs. Lincoln crying while stretched out over Mr. Lincoln's body. Blood is on his pillow.
- Creator
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 (artist)
Bachedler, John Badger, 1825-1894 (artist)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Visual works (works)
Paintings (visual works)
Oil paintings (visual works)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Rathbone, Henry Reed, 1837-1911
Arnold, Isaac N., 1815-1884
Dennison, William, 1815-1882
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Speed, James, 1812-1887
Hall, James Crowdhill, 1805-1880
Liebermann, Charles, 1813-1886
Usher, John P., 1816-1889
McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895
Oglesby, Richard J., 1824-1899
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
Stone, Robert King, 1822-1872
Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883
Dixon, Elizabeth Lord, 1820-1871
Todd, Lyman Beecher, 1832-1902
Leale, Charles A., 1842-1932
Taft, Charles A., 1835-1900
Otto, William T., 1816-1905
Farnsworth, John F., 1820-1897
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Crane, Charles H., 1825-1883
Todd, John Blair Smith, 1814-1872
Lincoln, Robert, 1843-1926
Gurley, Phineas D., 1816-1868
Field, Maunsell B., 1822-1875
Haynie, Isham N., 1824-1868
French, Benjamin B., 1800-1870
Augur, Christopher C., 1821-1898
Vincent, Thomas M., 1832-1909
Halleck, Henry W., 1815-1872
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Rutherford, George V., 1830-1872
Eckert, Thomas T., 1825-1910
Pelouze, Louis H., 1841-1878
Hay, John, 1838-1905
Meigs, Montgomery C., 1816-1892
Rockwell, Almon F., 1835-1903
Farwell, Leonard J., 1819-1889
Cartter, David K., 1812-1887
Rollins, Edward H., 1824-1889
Marston, Gilman, 1811-1890
Kinney, Mary Cogswell, 1814-1877
Kinney, Constance
Harris, Clara, 1834-1883
Presidents
Assassinations - Location
- United States
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Unframed Height: (45 in)Unframed Width: (82.5 in)Framed Dimensions: Framed Height: (52 in)Framed Width: (89.5 in)Oil paint (paint)CanvasPainting (image-making)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- No known copyright restrictions.
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- Chicago citation style
- Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 (artist), Bachedler, John Badger, 1825-1894 (artist). The last hours of Lincoln. 1868. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2157. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 (artist), Bachedler, John Badger, 1825-1894 (artist), (1868) The last hours of Lincoln. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2157
- MLA citation style
- Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 (artist), Bachedler, John Badger, 1825-1894 (artist). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2157>.