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TITLE: Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Magee--Satan... (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-8933 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Lincoln's assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, is goaded by a hideous Mephistophelian figure to shoot the unsuspecting President, who is visible in a theater box beyond. Booth stands erect, his left arm behind his back and a small pistol in his right hand. He stares straight ahead, seemingly mesmerized by Satan, who stands close behind him, pointing with one hand at the pistol and with the other at Lincoln. Rays of light issue from the demon's eyes, mouth, and ears. He wears a peacock feather on his head and is clad in a tassled medieval tunic.
MEDIUM: 1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 22.1 x 14.6 cm.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [Philadelphia] : J[ohn] L. Magee, pub., 305 Walnut St. Philada., c1865.
CREATOR:
NOTES:
Title from item.
Probably drawn by John L. Magee.
"Entered ... 1865 by J.L. Magee ..."
The Lincoln Image, pp. 156-157
Image of America, p. 81
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1865-4.
TOPICS:
Booth, John Wilkes.
Lincoln, Abraham, assassination of.
Satan (pictured).
FORMAT:
Caricatures 1860-1870.
Lithographs 1860-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a53167 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a53167
CONTROL #: 2003689283
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