The Nation Mourns
New York: Chas. Magnus, 1865. Fine. Item #48071
New York: Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St., n.d. [but 1865]. Small broadside lithographed song sheet (20.5x12.5cm), top third adorned with an oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln mourned by a Union soldier. A fresh and Fine example.
A popular song sheet disseminated in the wake of Lincoln's assassination by one of the most prolific publishers of Civil War-era music and ephemera. This variant printed on the verso of ruled letter paper without the black mourning border.
Wolf 1544b.
Price: $350.00