Lithograph

Title:

Death of Harrison, April 4 A. D. 1841

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1969.052.06

Creator:

Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) -- Lithographer

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1841

Description:

Lithograph. Death of Harrison, April 4 A. D. 1841, by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888), 1841. Hand-colored, ink and watercolor on paper. Death scene of President William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison is lying in white bed with white clothes, bed curtains in red, lined with green. Six figures surround bed, and one man stands doorway. Names of sitters printed below image: "Thos. Ewing, Sect. Treas.", "Dan'l. Webster, Sec. of State", "Physician", "Rev.Dr. Hawley", "Presidt. Harrison", "Niece", "Nephew", "F. Granger Post Master Genl." at door. Titled below: "DEATH OF HARRISON, April 4 A.D. 1841. / 'I wish you to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more / Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1841. Entered by N. Currier in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. / Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier 2 Spruce St. N.Y." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.4 W-18.9 inches

Provenance:

Objects and manuscripts from the Nims and Knight families of Roxbury and the Rugg family of Sullivan, given by a descendant, Helen E. (Mrs. Charles B.) Knight of Marlborough.

Credit Line:

Gift of Helen E. Knight

People:

Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888), Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841), Webster, Daniel (1782-1852), Knight, Helen E. (1895-1985), Knight, Charles B. (1892-1968)

Subjects:

Harrison, William Henry, Death, Deathbeds, Presidents