Print, "Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States," 1865

Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 plunged Americans into deep mourning. Before the existence of newspaper photos and television, lithographs helped people to understand the tragic event. This print made in 1865 was based on a photograph made on February 9, 1864 by Anthony Berger at Mathew Brady's Washington, D.C. gallery. The lithographer added the hand hidden in jacket, which was considered a gentleman's pose.