Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Luce Center
Memorial ribbon
Object Number:
INV.4599B
Date:
1865
Medium:
cloth
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 2 1/8 x in. ( 23.5 x 5.4 x 0 cm )
Description:
Rectangular cream-colored ribbon with colored embroidery and tapered end. Central image of an eagle holding a scroll reading "E PLURIBUS UNUM" above a framed portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Above the portrait reads "ASSASSINATED AT WASHINGTON/14 APRIL 1865/I HAVE SAID NOTHING BUT WHAT I AM/WILLING TO LIVE BY, AND IF IT BE THE/PLEASURE OF ALMIGHTY GOD, TO DIE BY./(A LINCOLN)". Below the portrait, above two American flags, "THE LATE/Lamented/President/Lincoln"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
