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Title: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral rites and ceremonies Hearses (Vehicles) Railroad cars Railroad trains
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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ry 1985 cleaned, retouched and applied a Soluvar varnish to each of the panels. Retouching is distinguishable as infill was not used. Panel is cracking horizontally. From the viewers left side the crack measures 2 Vz. From the viewers right side the crack measures 2 in length. Faint yellow staining is visible around perimeter of painted area. Circa 1865 French blue flourishes are painted on each of the four comers. Within the 11 1/3 in diameter roundel outlined in gold metallic paint is a single figure wearing a yellow drum with red rims. He holds two sticks as though playing the drum while he glances toward the viewers left. There is a wood enclosure at left foreground. The drummer is wearing a blue coat with gold buttons. His hat has a red feather attached in fi-ont. Part of Lincohis private railway car as decorative panels. Fair Market Value Created for him for his private railroad car, but as was completed in March or April 1965Washington to Springfield was used to carry his body.
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#32 Artist Unknown Dates and Nationality MediumSize SignedCondition DateDescription Provenance Oil on wood panel 14 3/4 height X 14 3/4 width (painted area) 16 height X 15 1/4 width (panel dimensions) Not visible Chicago Conservation Center in November 1984 cleaned, retouched and applied a Soluvar varnish to each of the panels. Retouching is particularly evident just below the roundels bottom edge. Craquelure was present before conservation undertaken remains visible, but appears to be stable. Evidence of yellowing varnish along outside edges of composition. Circa 1865 French blue flourishes are painted at each comer. Gold encircled roundel measures 11 1/3 in diameter. It contains a scene with a ship at sail perilously close to rocky shore in an active sea. Part of Lincobis private railway car as decorative panels. Fair Market Value Created for him for his private railroad car, but as was completed in March or April 1965Washington to Springfield was used to carry his body.

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