"The Chair That President Lincoln Occupied at the Time of His Assassination at Ford's Theater"

c. 1865

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries

Associated Names
Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries

Artist, American, 1860 - 1875

E. & H.T. Anthony

Publisher, American, 1862 - 1902

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Thomas Harris, in memory of Shirlee A. Harris

  • Dimensions

    image (each): 7.9 × 8 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 7.9 × 16 cm (3 1/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
    mount: 8.4 × 17.7 cm (3 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.195.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

along left edge of mount printed in gold ink: PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY; along right edge: THE WAR FOR THE UNION.; across bottom: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York.; on verso, center printed in black ink on applied blue paper: WAR VIEWS / The Chair that President Lincoln occupied at the time of his assassination at / Ford's Theatre. / No. 3405 / Copyright Secured. / PUBLISHED BY E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO. / AMERICAN AND FOREIGN STEREOSCOPIC EMPORIUM, 501 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK. / Negative by BRADY & Co., WASHINGTON.

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