Museum Collections
Luce Center
"The Late Lamented President Lincoln"
Object Number:
INV.4581
Date:
1865
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 2 1/8 x in. ( 23.5 x 5.4 x 0 cm )
Description:
Rectangular cream-colored ribbon woven silk ribbon with pointed 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, T
O 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.