Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Abraham Lincoln Mourning Ribbons
Object Number:
INV.2894.1-.2
Date:
1865
Medium:
paper
Dimensions:
Overall (Ribbon 1): 7 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (19.4 x 6.4 cm)
Overall (Ribbon 2): 7 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (20 x 8.3 cm)
Marks:
At bottom of ribbon two: "KING & BAIRD PRINTERS."
Description:
Two white paper ribbons (bookmarks). Ribbon 1: Printed with the text "WE MOURN/OUR/NATION'S CHIEF!" with a portrait of Lincoln in an oval and black square below. Below the portrait is the text "He fell not in the Battle's strife,/He gave not to Disease his breath;/'Twas by the foul Assassin's act/Our noble Chief receiv'd his death!"
Ribbon 2: Printed with a portrait of Lincoln surrounded by a black oval and square, with text "ABRAHAM LINCOLN,/Born Feb. 12, 1809. Assassinated April 14, 1865./He was a Man -- take him for all in all/We ne'er shall look upon his like again." below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
