Assassination

Assassination from BL Harley 4418, f. 140v

Miniature of an assassination scene, decorated initial 'L'(istoire) including heraldic arms and foliate borders. Image taken from f. 140v of Jean d'Arras, Roman de Mélusine (imperfect). Written in French.

The Triumph of Julius Caesar, school of Andrea Mantegna

"The Assassination of Khusrau Parviz", Folio 742v from the Shahnama (B...

"The Assassination of Khusrau Parviz", Folio 742v from the Shahnama (B...

Three Scenes of the Assassination of Clerics

Augustin Braun (German, Cologne ca. 1570–1639 Cologne)

Trauerplakat Franz Ferdinand und Sophie - Dubrovnik - In kroatischer S...

Trauerplakat der Franziskaner von Dubrovnik - Naklada O. Franjevaca u Dubrovniku

Britania's assassination, or -- the republican amusement, British Cart...

Print shows members of the new ministry, among them, Fox, Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke, and Keppel, dismantle a statue of Britannia; they are prevented from doing further damage by Thurow and Mansfield who ... More

Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden, British C...

British caricature showing the King and Queen sitting in latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down and excreting. They look in horror at Pitt, who tells them of the shooting of Gusta... More

Michel Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau, président a mortier au parlement d...

Print shows Michel Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in medallion above frieze depicting his assassination in a restaurant in the Palais Royal. Title from item. Printed be... More

Gold-Covered Escape of Bonaparte from Assassination, Dec. 24, 1800.

Gold-Covered Henri Auguste - Attempted Assassination of Bonaparte, Dec...

Baron Dominique Vivant Denon - Attempted Assassination of Bonaparte, D...

The Attempted Assassination of the President of the United States

Baron Dominique Vivant Denon - Escape of Bonaparte from Assassination,...

Vincenzo Camuccini - Roman Assassination of Julius Caesar

Vincenzo Camuccini (Italian, Rome 1771–1844 Rome)

The assassination of the Sage of Ashland

The artist conveys some of the profound disappointment and anger among Henry Clay's many supporters at the nomination of Zachary Taylor at the June 1848 Whig convention in Philadelphia. The convention's act was... More

Portal of a stairway tower, with a man descending the stairs: presumab...

Appearance of Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., after the murder.

Assassination of James King, of William, corner of Montgomery and Wash...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 July 19, p. 88.

[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]

Ostendorf, no. 12 Meserve, no. 4 Original photograph: The original tintype is at the National Lincoln Museum (Old Ford's Theatre), according to Ostendorf. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album /... More

Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... More

Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

Lincoln died in this house, 516 10th St., N. W., opposite Ford's Theat...

John K. Smith to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, December 24, 1860 (Cameron ...

Ford's Theatre, Wash., D.C., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... More

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The pursuit, capture, death and buri...

The war began in earnest. A midnight march. Movement upon Alexandria a...

Two copies.

Assassination of Ellsworth, at Alexandria, Va., May 24, 1861. Air-Cali...

Assassination of President Lincoln, bronze

William H. Key (active 1864–92)

Assassination of President Lincoln

William H. Key (active 1864–92)

Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C...

Lincoln's funeral, Washington, D.C.

Drawing shows Ford's Theatre, 10th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. decorated with funeral bunting for President Abraham Lincoln's funeral. Title inscribed below image. Formerly matted with Waud no. 572 (may be r... More

[Architectural details with notation: LINCOLN]

Four sketches of Washington buildings. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.149) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Coffin containing the remains of President Lincoln; Small doors leadin...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 502 (1865 May 13), p. 125.

Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

Exterior view of Ford's Theatre, 511 10th Street, NW. Best known as the location of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the building was originally constructed as a place of worship. in 1859 the structur... More

Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C...

The martyr of Liberty

Print shows actor John Wilkes Booth shooting President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. A quotation from Shakespeare's Macbeth appears below the title. This record contains unverified data... More

Booth and his associates. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Montages shows portraits of John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the assassination of Lincoln: George Azterodt, David Herold, Edmund Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, and Lewis Powell alias P... More

Reading of the sentence before hanging of conspirators, Ford's Theatre...

The hanging of convicted conspirators David Herold, George Azterodt, Lewis Powell and Mary Surratt took place July 7, 1865 at 1:26pm. This photo depicts the reading of the death sentence moments before hanging.... More

The assassination of President Lincoln. At Ford's Theatre, Washington,...

Washington, April 14th, 1865. [MacClure, MacDonald & MacGregor depicti...

Extracted from Transatlantic sketches; or, Sixty days in America. London, S. Low, Son & Co., 1865.

The assassination of Pres Lincoln 1865

Sketch of bookstore with bunting. Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed right of image: Treason has done his worst / Ey [sic] high. Inscribed left of image: 332. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.152) ... More

[Washington, D.C., 1865 - Michael O'Laughlen, one of the Lincoln assas...

Michael O'Laughlen (also spelled O'Laughlin), half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, wearing hat, manacled. Reference copy available in the Civil War photograph soft print file. Original negative ... More

Meeting of condolence on the assassination of President Lincoln. Abrid...

Lincoln, Abraham,- Death. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 61.

Home of Mr. Petersen, opposite Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., where...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after Albert Berghaus. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 503 (1865 May 20), p. 132.

The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington D...

Assassination of President Lincoln - the murderer leaping upon the sta...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20 (1865 May 6), p. 98 (cover).

[Scenes from the assassination of President Lincoln]

Three separate sketches. Two are street scenes and one a map. Title devised. Inscribed on the map left of image: Short without mantle strapped in saddle black Horse Gray Horse black and tan[] 3 curries in shirt... More

[Washington, D.C., 1865 - David E. Herold, one of the Lincoln assassin...

David E. Herold, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, manacled. Reference copy available in the Civil War photograph soft print file. Original negative available for use: LC-B817-7786

Assassination of the president Abraham Lincoln.

Telegram extra. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. J. Wilkie Booth the ...

Lincoln, Abraham- Assassination,. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 126, Folder 10.

Terrible work of blood. Assassination of the President and the Secreta...

Terry's panorama of the war! Assassination of Lincoln! and Secretary S...

0530M3.; S2 42.; Rec. R.B.; 9-28-42. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Port... More

Ford's Theatre, scene of the assassination

"765" below photo. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Title from item.

Dashiell's western panarama [sic] and moving mirror of the assassinati...

In pencil: the Union Hell on Tuesday [sic] Eve July 31, 1866."

American Civil War from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents...

This image has been taken from scan 000401 from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, civil, military, naval and domestic; embracing the ... events of the great conflict in... More

engraving from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the W...

This image has been taken from scan 000576 from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, civil, military, naval and domestic; embracing the ... events of the great conflict in... More

[D.C. - Wash. - "Ford's Theatre as it was in 1865"]

Stereo by Bell & Bros. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Theaters.

The President's assassination.

Surrounded by a black mourning border.

Old Ford's Theatre, 10th St. N.W. Washington D.C. (where Lincoln was s...

Photo shows Ford's Theater and, to the right, the Central Free Dispensary, which opened in 1871. (Source: D. Tooley, 2007)

Laura Keene (1826-1873), Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, 2013.

Photo date unknown. Laura Keene, famous actress and leading lady in 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, halted the play when the Lincolns entered the theatre after the start of the play. ... More

James A. Garfield Papers: Series 4, General Correspondence, 1852-1882;...

Where Justice will have to look for jurors who have not formed an opin...

Print shows Justice holding a large sword and carrying a lantern, with a cloth labeled "Justice" over her mouth, searching a cemetery, among tombstones labeled "Formed no opinion died 1660, Formed no opinion 16... More

New Jersey--The removal of President Garfield, with his physicians and...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, p. 56-57.

The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales.

Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th... More

The President recovering. Facts and incidents of the last week / from ...

Head-and-shoulders portraits of Mrs. Dr. Susan Edson, Dr. J.J. Woodward, and Dr. Robert Reyburn; woman handing guard bottle of patent medicine for the president; collection of quack medicines and apparatus; Jam... More

[Events related to the assassination of President Garfield]

Prints show Alexander Graham Bell using his induction-balance device to locate the bullet in President Garfield's body; fireworks at Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York; and an evening service at Asbury Park, New Jersey.

New Jersey--President Garfield at Elberon--His first view of the ocean...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 63, 1881 Oct. 1, p. 65.

Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield

Composite of 9 photoprints: portraits of Pres. Garfield, Dr. Bliss, Dr. Townshend and Guiteau the assassin; exterior of B.&P. Depot and room where he was shot; the coffin in State in U.S. Capitol; the gun used.... More

The interior of the car, with the bed on which the President was carri...

Interior of a railroad car, President Garfield in bed being attended to by his wife and several doctors. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, pp. 56-57. Reference copy in PRES FILE.

From the cradle to the grave, scenes and incidents in the life of Jame...

16919 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... More

James A. Garfield Papers: Series 4, General Correspondence, 1852-1882;...

The Killing of Pizarro / Paris.

Illus. in: The New world heroes of discovery and conquest / by D.M. Kelsey. Philadelphia, Pa. : National Publishing Company, c1891, p. 414. Reference copy in Biog. File - Pizarro, Francisco, 1470?-1541.

[Photograph of a painting of Ford's Theatre interior, showing where Pr...

Caption printed below the photo: "From original painting of the inside of the box at Ford's Theatre, in which the President, Abraham Lincoln, was shot, on the night of April 14, 1865. Numbered key identifies th... More

Aroused! / Dalrymple.

Print shows Marie-François-Sadi Carnot lying in state after being assassinated by an Italian anarchist; in the right foreground, a female figure holding a sword labeled "Law and Order" is stepping on a large sn... More

Fords opera house in which Abraham Lincoln was shot

Photograph showing horses and buggies in front of Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. Title from item.

Charles J. Guiteau, Cabinet photograph

Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2174 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. On recto: "No. 7."

Railroad Station, Washington DC

The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station located at 6th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW and has sometimes been refered to as the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Built in 1873 and was the site of President James A.... More

[Sisters in sorrow]

Britannia, a draped female figure, extends her hand to a mourning, female figure of Italia, kneeling beside a casket. Matted with offprint for published version. No copyright information found with item. Publis... More

Charles J. Guiteau, Cabinet photograph

Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2169 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. On recto: "No. 2."

The mob outside the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition /

"The camera was positioned at such a height behind a large group of people outside an exhibit building that mainly hats are visible"--Early motion pictures. On Friday, September 6th, 1901, we had our cameras in... More

The martyred presidents /

This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly afterwards, the face of Abraham Lincoln and then of two othe... More

A new uniform and new responsibilities / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt taking over the duties of president following the assassination of President McKinley. He is standing in an office, holding a paper labeled "Mckinley's Policy"; his rough r... More

Anxious crowds reading bullitens[sic] of McKinley's condition the nigh...

H9823 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

Surratt House, Washington DC

The Surratt house at 604 H Street, NW, 1901. Mary Surratt ran this boarding house in 1865 where John Wilkes Booth was alleged to have met with co-conspirators to plan President Lincoln’s assassination. ..Mrs. S... More

The "reds" and the "yellows"

Illustration shows Puck pointing at two men and tugging at the robe of Justice who is raising the blindfold from over her eyes and giving a stern look at the men, one a ruffian holding a bomb and a red flag lab... More

Execution of Czolgosz, with panorama of Auburn Prison /

The film begins by showing railroad cars in the foreground with the overshadowing walls of a state prison in the background. The second camera position, from a higher elevation, pans slowly showing the yard int... More

Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin

Reproduction of first photograph of Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, in jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's weekly, McKinley extra, 1901 Sept. 9, cover. Copyrighted by Judge Company, 1901.

William McKinley. Martyred president - illustrious citizen, soldier & ...

Print shows a statue of William McKinley, full-length, standing on a pedestal with an eagle at his feet, a stars and stripes shield on center of the pedestal, and at the base of the monument female figures of C... More

Assassination of President McKinley

Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a concealed revolver, at Pan-American Exposition reception, Sept. 6th, 1901. H65676 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of wash drawing by T. Dart Walker.

Milburn Residence (where President McKinley died), Buffalo, N.Y.

Milburn Residence (where President McKinley died), Buffalo, N.Y

"187 Clif." on negative and transparency. Corresponding glass transparency available on videodisc frame 1A- 30911. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070293. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Assassination of Lincoln

Mord an Franz Ferdinand - Kundmachung - Sarajevo - In serbischer Sprac...

Kundmachung an die Menschen in Bosnien und Herzegowina - Der Vorsitz des Landtages tritt mit der traurigsten Nachricht an die Nation - Unser Land ist heute in schwarz gehüllt - Von Agitatoren irregeführt wurde ... More

Standrechtsbestimmungen - Kundmachung - Belgrad - Mehrsprachiges Plaka...

Alle von der k.u.k. Armee besetzten Gebiete sind der österreichisch-ungarischen Militärgerichtsbarkeit unterstellt - Standrecht bei folgenden Verbrechen: Unbefugter Werbung, Hilfeleistung von Ausreissern, Aussp... More

Zum Tod Erzherzog Franz Ferdinands! - Plakat - Sarajevo - In kroatisch...

Offizielle Stellungnahme zum Attentat auf Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand und dessen Gemahlin Sophie. - Verurteilung der Tat und Bekundung der Trauer und Solidarität. - Broj 17.807/1914 - Bürgermeister: Fehim ef. Čur... More

Last known home of Czar Nicholas /

Camera pans the home of a merchant named Ipatiev, where Nicholas II, last Russian emperor, and his royal family were executed in Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), July 1918. Second sequence is views of men, identified... More

Mord an Franz Ferdinand - Kundmachung - Sarajevo - In kroatischer Spra...

Kundmachung an die Menschen in Bosnien und Herzegowina - Der Vorsitz des Landtages tritt mit der traurigsten Nachricht an die Nation - Unser Land ist heute in schwarz gehüllt - Von Agitatoren irregeführt wurde ... More