ARTIST: J. Baker
MEDIUM: Lithograph,
DATE: c. 1865.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 5/8 x 13 7/8" (24.3 x 35.1 cm.).
DESCRIPTION: A curious version of this dreadful event, showing John Wilkes Booth leaping from the balcony with a bloody knife clutched in his hand. On the balcony under a pair of opera glasses is a Ford's Theatre program naming the play "My American Cousin," which was being presented that evening, April 14, 1865. With no publication line and signed on the stone.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition with slight staining and a few repaired tears in the upper margin.
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