President Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 4, 1865
ArtistAfter
Thomas Nast
(American (born Germany), 1840 - 1902)
Publisher
Sarony and Co., Photographers, New York, NY
(American)
Date1868
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.2 x 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.271
Terms
- Man
On View
Not on viewLabel 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
