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The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln

Currier and Ives - Abraham (Abe) Lincoln

Funeral of Abraham Lincoln after his assassination in April of 1865.

Party affiliation: Republican and National Union.

Lived from February 12, 1809 to April 15, 1865 (aged 56)

President from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865

Former U.S. Representative for Illinois' 7th (1847-1849)

Vice Presidents: Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson

The firm of Currier and Ives was a New York printmaking firm that operated from 1857 until 1907. Nathaniel Currier was a printmaker who started the business and James, who started as the firm's bookkeeper, became Currier's partner in 1857. Neither man was an artist. The prints were drawn and lithographed by other persons, such as J. E. Butterworth, George H. Durrie, Louis Maurer, Frances or "Fanny" Flora Bond Palmer, Charles Parsons, Napoleon Sarony, and Thomas Worth - to name a few. Nathaniel Currier died in 1888 and James Ives died in 1895. The firm carried on until 1907 under the direction of their sons, Edward West Currier and Chauncey Ives.



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