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Abraham Lincoln Assassination Providence, RI, ca. 1865 CDV of "The Assassin's Vision" by Francis Hacker CDV [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Francis Hacker, "The Assassin's Vision," Carte-de-visité. Providence, Rhode Island: Francis Hacker, 1865. 1 p., 4" x 2.375". General toning; scattered staining. This carte-de-visité, copyrighted by Francis Hacker, features an image of "The Assassin's Vision." It pictures John Wilkes Booth on horseback at the right. At the left is a ghostly image of Abraham Lincoln with his arms folded, and a dozen or more images of Lincoln's face appear scattered among the trees. Startled, Booth drops his assassin's dagger. A sign behind Booth points to St. Mary's, Maryland, likely a reference to St. Mary's County, where Dr. Samuel Mudd treated Booth's fractured leg. The U.S. Capitol dome rises in the distance. Hacker also produced a scene of the capture of Jefferson Davis in Georgia. A Massachusetts newspaper observed that "the pictures are finely executed, doing great credit to the artist." The verso of the carte-de-visité features an advertisement for "Dr. Bicknell's Syrup! The Great Cholera Remedy." Francis Hacker (1827-1904) was born into a Quaker family in Maine. In approximately 1850, Hacker began his career as an artist. By 1852, he was a daguerreotypist in Providence, Rhode Island, but he soon moved his business to Martha's Vineyard. In 1857, he married Charlotte Mayo Hallett in Chatham, Massachusetts, and they moved to Michigan and then Wisconsin. In 1863, he returned to Providence and opened a photographic studio that remained open until 1893. He retired to Brant, Ontario, by 1901 and died there in 1904. This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses. WE PROVIDE IN-HOUSE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE.