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It gives me pleasure to testify to the accuracy with which you have
represented the principal features of the scene in question, and to the
fidelity of the portraits which you have introduced. You have been
especially successful in the likeness of President Lincoln.
JOHN HAY,
_Brevet Colonel, formerly A. D. C. to President Lincoln_.
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The truthful likeness of President Lincoln, the fidelity of the
portraits of those present on that most mournful night, and the
excellent grouping of the figures, render this picture peculiarly
valuable in an historical point of view, apart from its merits as a work
of art.