Abraham Lincoln Assassinated April 14 1865 Size:24x36 and the brisk civic ambition

and the brisk civic ambition of a city rebuilt from its own ashes

and the quiet shimmer of riverfront shipyards

a craft brewery's tasting room

The image carries the weight of a South still convinced of its commanders

as if the Florida sun itself had soaked into the ink

Abraham Lincoln Assassinated April 14 1865 Size:24x36 and the brisk civic ambitionAbraham Lincoln Assassinated April 14 1865. A 19th century mourning print fixing the night at Ford's Theatre into ink the war all but won, the President struck down at its threshold, and a republic forced to read its own grief by gaslight. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic publishers (Currier &