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Excerpt from Ritchie's Historical Picture, Death of President Lincoln, Engraved From the Painting The event has passed into history now, and, like other great historical occurrences, it has formed an inspiring theme for the orator, the poet, and the painter, alike. It is to the latter that we have here to devote our consideration, our purpose being to accompany with a few descriptive notes, Mr. A. H. Ritchie's Painting of The Death of Pres ident Lincoln. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.