Lincoln at Springfield

William Waud (d. 1878)
[Lincoln's coffin on view
at State House, Springfield, Illinois]
Published in Harper's Weekly,
May 27, 1865
Pencil, Chinese white, and
black ink on paper, May 3, 1865
Prints & Photographs Division
Gift of J.P. Morgan, 1919 (49.2)

William Waud (d. 1878)
[Lincoln’s coffin on view in Cleveland, Ohio]
Pencil drawing on pink-tan paper, May 3, 1865
Published in Harper’s Weekly, April 28, 1865
Prints & Photographs Division
Gift of J.P. Morgan, 1919 (49.6)
Digital ID# ppmsca-05575

Lincoln would not return to his adopted home of Springfield, Illinois, until his funeral cortege retraced the journey he had made as president-elect five years earlier.

Artist William Waud was sent by Harper's Weekly to follow the cortege as it traveled 1,662 miles in fourteen days by train through Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, Chicago, and finally to Springfield. Waud captured the solemnity of May 4, 1865, as Lincoln's body lay in state in the Illinois House of Representatives. Like his brother Alfred, William Waud was recognized as one of the great sketch artists of the Civil War era.