Lincoln at Springfield
William Waud (d. 1878)
[Lincoln's coffin on view
at State House, Springfield, Illinois]
Published in Harper's Weekly,
May 27, 1865
Pencil, Chinese white, and
black ink on paper, May 3, 1865
Prints & Photographs Division
Gift of J.P. Morgan, 1919 (49.2)
William Waud (d. 1878)
[Lincoln’s coffin on view in Cleveland, Illinois]
Pencil drawing on pink-tan paper, May 3, 1865
Published in Harper’s Weekly, April 28, 1865
Prints & Photographs
Division
Gift of J.P. Morgan, 1919 (49.6)
Digital ID# ppmsca-05575
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Lincoln would not return to his adopted home of
Springfield, Illinois, until his funeral cortege retraced the
journey he had made as president-elect five years earlier.
Artist
William Waud was sent by Harper's Weekly to follow
the cortege as it traveled 1,662 miles in fourteen days by
train
through Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, Chicago, and finally
to Springfield. Waud captured the solemnity of May 4, 1865,
as
Lincoln's body lay in state in the Illinois House of Representatives.
Like his brother Alfred, William Waud was recognized as one
of
the great sketch artists of the Civil War era.
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