Noah Brooks and the Lincoln White House
Although President Abraham Lincoln had friends and supporters in the press such as Pennsylvania newspaper editor John Forney; Henry J....
Abraham Lincolns Last Reception
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date of Work
- 1865
- Type
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Abraham Lincolns Last Reception
This is a color lithograph from 1865 entitled "Abraham Lincoln's Last Reception". The lithograph depicts the reception (possibly in the East Room) following his second inauguration. The print accurately depicts First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln attending the reception. Vice President Andrew Johnson, General Ulysses S. Grant, and his wife Julia Grant did not attend the event.