Description
- Abstract:
- Portrait of John Wilkes Booth. “Hunt the villain down. Scatter this likeness in every section of the country; scan every face, particularly if it shuns you; observe closely the features which cannot change; make due allowance for the beard to grow, the mustache shaved off, and the hair cut. It may be by your means that a benignant Government shall mete out justice to one for whom there should be no mercy.” is printed below the image.
- Notes:
- Paper (ochre); ink (black)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Booth"
(1865).
Lincoln Envelopes.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:574854/
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Lincoln Envelopes
This collection contains embellished envelopes created during the period surrounding Lincoln’s presidency and the time immediately after his assassination. Many of the envelopes depict Lincoln himself, as well as various notable political and military figures. The artwork widely ranges in …...