Lincoln sat for Healy in August 1864 , and Healy began working on his sketches to create a portrait of Lincoln . After Lincoln 's assassination in April 1865 , Healy conceived of '' The Peacemakers '' , which he completed in 1868 . In 1869 , Healy decided to create a new portrait removing the members of Lincoln 's high command to focus only on Lincoln . He painted the portrait in Paris
Lincoln 's assassination
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (Healy)