President Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 4, 1865
ArtistAfter
Thomas Nast
(American (born Germany), 1840 - 1902)
Publisher
Sarony and Co., Photographers, New York, NY
(American)
CultureAmerican
Date1868
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.2 x 6.4 cm)
InscribedPrinted on the front: "Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1868, by Thomas Nast, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." Printed on reverse: "Sarony & Co., Photographers, 680 Broadway, N.Y., Napoleon Sarony, Alfred S. Campbell"
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.271
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865); President of the United States, 1861-1865.Label TextAfter Thomas Nast American, 1840−1902 President Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 4, 1865, 1868 Published by Sarony & Co., Photographers, New York, N.Y. Albumen print (photograph) No photographers were present when Lincoln visited Richmond, Va., on April 4, 1865, shortly after the city’s surrender. Illustrator Thomas Nast later drew the early moments of the president’s arrival based on the recollections of others. Freed slaves recognized Lincoln from published images and rushed to greet him. Nast’s depiction of this spectacle appeared as a wood engraving in Harper’s Weekly in 1866. To create the object seen here, the New York studio photographer Napoleon Sarony seems to have photographed Nast’s original illustration and distributed this image in carte-de-visite size. Museum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr. 90.271 Exhibition History"Shooting Lincoln: Photography and the 16th President," Chrysler Museum of Art, February 10 - July 5, 2015.
