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Title:

The Last Hours Of Lincoln

Object Name:

Print

Object ID:

1921.004.01.2

Creator:

Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)Artist; Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)Artist

Date:

1868

Description:

Print, The Last Hours of Lincoln, original by Alonzo Chappel (1828- 1887), published by John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), 1868. Ink on paper. "THE LAST HOURS OF LINCOLN" in a scrolled arched at top; two columns of numbers and corresponding names beneath arch: "1 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President U. S. America / 2 MRS MARY LINCOLN. / 3 ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice President U.S. America. / 4 HENRY REED RATHBONE, Bvt. Maj. U.S.A. / 5 ISAAC NEWTON ARNOLD, M.C. / 6 WILLIAM DENNISON, Post Master General. / 7 GIDEON WELLS, Sec'y. Navy. / 8 JAMES SPEED, Attorney General. / 9 J. C. HALL, M.D. / 10 CHARLES HENRY LIEBERMANN, M.D. / 11 JOHN PALMER USHER, Sec'y. Interior. / 12 HUGH Mc. CULLOCH, Sec'y . Treasury. / 13 RICHEST JAMES OGLESBY, Gov'r. Ill. / 14 SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker, H. Reps. / 15 ROBERT KING STONE, M.D. / 16 JOSEPH K BARNS, Sec'y. Gen'l. U.S.A. / 17 ELIZABETH LORD DIXON. / 18 LYMAN BEECHER TODD, M.D. / 19 CHARLES AUGUSTUS LEALE, Asst. Surg. U.S.V. / 20 CHARLES SABIN TAFT, Asst. Surg. U.S.V. / 21 WILLIAM TODD OTTO, Asst. Sec'y. Interior. / 22 JOHN FRANKLIN FARNSWORTH, M.C. / 23 CHARLES SUMNER, Senator. / 24 CHARLES HENRY CRANE, Asst. Surg. General U.S.A. " Column on right: "25 JOHN BLAIR SMITH TODD, Delegate Dakota Ter'y. / 26 ROBERT TODD LINCOLN. / 27 Rev. PHINEAS GURLEY. / 28 MAUNSELL BRADHURST FIELD, Asst. Sec'y. Treasury. / 29 ISHAM NICHOLAS HAYNE, Adj't. Gen'l. Illinois. / 30 BENJAMIN BROWN FRENCH, Com'r. Public Buildings. / 31 CHRISTOPHER COLON AUGER, Maj. Gen'l. U.S.V. / 32 THOMAS Mc. CURDY VINCENT, Bvt. Brig. Gen'l. U.S.V. / 33 HENRY W. HALLECK, Major General U.S.A. / 34 EDWIN Mc. MASTERS STANTON, Sec'y . War. / 35 GEORGE V. RUTHERFORD, Bvt. Brig. Gen'l U.S.V. / 36 THOMAS THOMPSON ECKERT, Asst. Sec'y. War. / 37 LOUIS HENRY PELOUSE, Bvt. Brig. Gen'l. U.S.V. / 38 JOHN HAY, A.D.C. President. / 39 MONTGOMERY CUNNINGHAM MEIGS, Q. M. Gen'l. U.S.A. / 40 ALMON FERDINAND ROCKWELL, Bvt. Maj. U.S.A. / 41 LEONARD JAMES FARWELL, Ex. Gov. Wis. / 42 DAVID KELLOGG CARTER, Chief Justice. / 43 EDWARD HENRY ROLLINS, M.C. / 44 GILMAN MARSTON, M.C. / 45 MARY COGSWELL KINNEY. / 46 CONSTANCE KINNEY. / 47 CLARA HAMILTON HARRIS." Printed underneath a black line at the bottom of the key box in between the two columns: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868 by John B. Bachelder in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." "KEY." in a scroll underneath the black line and text. Printed in script at center: "We the undersigned visited the late President Lincoln at his bedside during his last hours. / We have since sat for a likeness to be used expressly in the composition of the Historical Printing of / that event, designed by John B. Bachelder and Printed by Alonzo Chappel." Facsimiles of autographs in cluster at bottom: "Andrew Johnson / Edwin M Stanton, Hugh McCulloch, Gideon Wells / J.P. Usher, W Dennison, James Speed / William T. Otto, Rob King Stone, J.K. Barnes, Tho T. Eckert / J.B.S. Todd, Schuyler Colfax, Robert T. Lincoln, Charles Sumner, MB Field / L.J. Farwell, C.H. Liebermann, C.H. Crane, I.N. Arnold / J F Fransworth, John Hay, G Marston / D. K. Carter, J.C. Hall / C.S. Taft, C.C. Auger, Chas. A Leale / H. R. Rathbone, A.F. Rockwell / L.H. Pelouse, EL Dixon, Thomas M Vincent / Clara H. Harris, Constance Kinney / RJ Oglesby, E.H. Rollins / MC Meigs, Mary C Kinney, IN Hayne / BB French, P.D. Gurley / Geo. V. Rutherford." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-28 W-22.2 inches

Provenance:

The painting "The Last Hours of Lincoln" was sold by NHHS to the Chicago Historical Society in 1971. A half-tone, matted key to the painting was given by NHHS to the Chicago Historical Society in 1972. This key is unmatted. Originally owned by John Badger Bachelder.

Credit Line:

Gift of Amanda Stevens and Charlotte B. Stevens

People:

Arnold, Isaac Newton, Auger, Christopher Colon, Barnes, Joseph K., Carter, David Kellogg, Colfax, Schuyler (1823-1885), Crane, Charles Henry, Dennison, William, Dixon, Elizabeth Lord, Eckert, Thomas Thompson, Farnsworth, John Franklin, Farwell, Leonard James, Field, Maunsell Bradhurst, French, Benjamin Brown (1800-1870), Gurley, Phineas, Hall, J. C., Halleck, Henry W., Harris, Clara Hamilton, Hay, John, Hayne, Isham Nicholas, Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875), Kinney, Constance, Kinney, Mary Cogswell, Leale, Charles Augustus, Liebermann, Charles Henry, Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), Lincoln, Robert Todd (1843-1926), Marston, Gilman (1811-1890), McCulloch, Hugh, Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham, Oglesby, Richard James, Otto, William Todd, Pelouse, Louis Henry, Rathbone, Henry Reed, Rockwell, Almon Ferdinand, Rollins, Edward H. (1824-1889), Rutherford, George V., Speed, James, Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869), Stone, Robert King, Sumner, Charles, Taft, Charles Sabin, Todd, John Blair Smith, Todd, Lyman Beecher, Usher, John Palmer, Vincent, Thomas McCurdy, Welles, Gideon (1802-1878), Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887), Stevens, Amanda (1833-1922), Stevens, Charlotte B. (1840-1925), Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882)

Subjects:

Lincoln, Abraham, Assassinations, Death, Deathbeds, Death portraits, Mourning, Mourning works, Signing autographs, Civil War, Presidents