The Body of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln

The lithograph depicts a scene from the Abraham Lincoln mourning ceremony in New York\u27s City Hall. Lincoln\u27s body is prominently on display in the rotunda of City Hall as viewers file past. Black curtains drape the scene. A series of mourning ceremonies took place following the death of Lincoln, which occurred over the course of three weeks at fourteen locations:Albany, Baltimore, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Harrisburg, Indianapolis, Michigan City (Indiana), New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. (White House and Capitol) before arriving in Springfield, Illinois on May 3rd.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-prints/1092/thumbnail.jp