Lincoln Funeral Train in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
April 1865
American 19th Century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 15 × 20 cm (5 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
mount: 30.2 × 35.2 cm (11 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2026.1.7
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection; (sale, Cowan's, Cincinnati, OH, 20 June 2012, lot 143); Ron Perisho, Gettysburg, PA; NGA purchase, 2026.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, center printed in black ink on applied label: Lincoln Funeral Train in Harrisburg, Pa. / Saturday, April 22, 1865 probably / early in the morning. Train left at / approximately 11 AM for Philadelphia. / Engine No. 331. The Union [underlined] . marked: / Penn R.R.; lower center stamped in black ink: 252 BAINBRIDGE 772