Authors

Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This black and white illustration depicts Abraham Lincoln walking on a street among a crowd of people, both African Americans and white. Some of the people on the right side of the illustration are depicted as throwing their hats into the air and some of the people on the left are carrying rifles. Lincoln is being lead by a man in a military uniform and is holding the hand of a small boy. Buildings and trees are depicted behind the crowd. The illustration is titled "Abraham Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 3d, 1865" and was published by B. B. Russell and Co. in Boston. The artist, L. Hollis, is named along the bottom left edge of the illustration and the engraver, J. C. Buttre, is named along the bottom right of the illustration. The illustration is from volume nine of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

1890

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Object Type

image

Format (original)

illustration

Format (digital)

JPG

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V10_Abraham-Lincoln-Entering-Richmond_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 10

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

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