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Currier & Ives Print Abraham Lincoln Funeral Carriage Procession New York City Repro

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The2FunAdGuyz offer a new, high quality reproduction, print of a magnificent 1865 Currier & Ives lithograph showing the New York funeral procession of President Abraham Lincoln.

The slain President’s body had been at the New York City Hall for public viewing. On Monday, April 25th, 1865, the body was transported on an exceptional funeral carriage to the Hudson River Railway Depot. This view is as the procession turns passing Union Square. This would be near where Theodore Roosevelt, then six years old, remembered watching from the second floor of his Grandfather’s house. More than 75,000 and perhaps as many as 150,000, people marched in the procession as more than a half million watched.

New York City undertaker, Peter Relyea, had built the magnificent funeral carriage pictured in this print. The platform on which the casket rested was almost seven feet wide and fourteen feet long. Feathers adorned the canopy on whose very top rested a gold and white with an American flag atop the dome, flying at half-mast. Three American flags were clumped around the four columns on each corner. Sixteen gray horses, each wearing a black blanket that nearly reached the ground, drew the carriage along the streets.

Along the route many building were draped in black crepe or had flags at half-mast. Every window and rooftop was filled by people, some of who had paid as much as $100 for the best views. All of the grandeur and tragedy are captured in this remarkable image.

CAPTION: “The Funeral of President Lincoln – New York, April 25th, 1865.”

CURRIER & IVES: Nat Currier and Jim Ives printed the original lithograph on which this print is based. From their business on Spruce Street in Brooklyn, New York, Currier and Ives printed over 1 million prints covering over 7500 different titles from 1834 to 1907. Their work chronicles an era in America before the printing press could produce colored prints and stone lithography were the only method for doing color prints in quantity. Though their lithographs are in high demand today, they once described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures".

PAPER QUALITY: This new print is on a highest quality, acid-free, 100-pound glossy premium text paper that allows for maximum color brilliance and fidelity for older images.

AVAILABILITY: In Stock! – Usually Ships Within 2 Business Days.

Image Size: 16.5 inches wide by 10.5 inches high.

Paper Size: 17 inches wide by 11 inches high. This allows for a small border around the image for matting and framing. When matted, this format is perfect for a standard 16-inch x 20-inch frame, a manageable size for a wide variety of decorating purposes.

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DECORATING IDEAS: What a great print for the walls of a den, library or family room. This poster has also been used as a decoration in countless history and political science classrooms. Many lawyers have used it to decorate a law office.

GIFT IDEAS: This rare rendition of a tragic event would make a great gift for collectors of Lincoln memorabilia.

NOTE: In accordance with Federal Law and the Hobby Protection Act, a clear, unobtrusive marking bearing the date of printing is on the reverse side of this item.

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