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Source: Sphere
Source type: magazine Document type: illustration Document title: “The Body Lying in State in the Rotunda at Washington” Image size (in source, approx. h x w): unknown Author(s): Paxton, R. M. Date of publication: 5 October 1901 Volume number: 7 Issue number: 89 Pagination: 8 |
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| Paxton, R. M. “The Body Lying in State in the Rotunda at Washington.” Sphere 5 Oct. 1901 v7n89: p. 8. |
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| William McKinley (lying in state: Washington, DC: illustrations). |
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| none. |
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Descriptive text accompanying the caption reads as follows: “During
the seven hours that the body lay in state in the Rotunda dense masses
of humanity struggled in to see all that remained of the beloved President.
The coffin was of sufficient height to let all but children have a good
view; the latter were lifted. Two sergeants and a marine stood at the
head and two sailors and a marine at the foot, and the people passed through
lines of marines on one side and sailors on the other.”
The illustration (below) is described as having been “sketched by our
special artist, Alfred Pearse” and “drawn by R. M. Paxton.”
The illustration (below) is one of two images appearing on page 8 under
the collective title “The Funeral Obsequies of President McKinley.” Click
here to view the
other image.
Title herein taken from caption.
Image courtesy of HathiTrust. |
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