Death-Bed of President Lincoln, April 15, 1865

Scene of Abraham Lincoln on his death bed surrounded by cabinet members, generals, and his family."Littlefield began studying law under Lincoln in 1858, after previously being a design painter in the carriage trade. With Lincoln’s nomination, he began to stump the state on his behalf, making over sixty speeches; and in 1862 he was given a place in the Treasury Department. After the assassination, he conceived the idea of painting a death-bed scene. He completed and copyrighted it in 1865. It was then photographed by Goldin, and the mount printed by Terry, with a key printed on the mat to identify the fine likenesses, taken from photographs, of the twenty-five eyewitnesses who are crowded into the 'rubber room (so called because is seems to expand!)' at the Peterson House. The profile of Lincoln, though, shows the first-hand knowledge he had gained from years with the president