
On this day 152 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a show in Washington, DC.

To commemorate Lincoln's momentous life and his tragic end, stunning colorized photographs of the conspirators in his assassination have been revealed.

Digital colorist Marina Amaral, from Brazil, has released eight in-color photos that provide valuable insight into what the conspirators might have looked like.

Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President who led the country through the Civil War, was shot in the back of the head after 10pm by John Wilkes Booth in the presidential box at the Ford's Theatre.

The president, along with his wife Mary Todd and companions Major Henry R. Rathbone and Clara Harris, were attending a production of 'Our American Cousin.'

Lincoln succumbed to his wounds the following morning at Peterson House, where he died after 7am.

The assassinations were part of a conspiracy to kill the president, Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H Seward.

Digital colorist Marina Amaral produces in-color renderings of historical figures and events. She had previously made one of Abraham Lincoln (pictured). For the 152nd anniversary of his assassination, which was on April 14, 1965, she released eight photos of conspirators in the plot to kill Lincoln, the vice president and the secretary of state

He was killed only five days after Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox Court House.

The Civil War would formally end on May 9, with a proclamation by President Andrew Johnson, and continued violence mostly tapered off that June.

The nationwide hunt for John Wilkes Booth eventually took authorities to Garrett's Farmhouse in Virginia. Co-conspirator David Herold was also at the farmhouse.

It was there that Booth hid after fleeing the nation's capital and moving between various Confederate sympathizer houses including Mary Surratt's house.

Booth, who was originally from slave-state Maryland and held vehemently anti-abolitionist views, would not surrender to soldiers and initiated a doomed shootout.

He was fatally shot in the neck and died on the morning of April 26, nearly two weeks after Lincoln's assassination. He was 26 years old.

Booth's final words, soldiers said, were: 'Tell my mother I did it for my country ... useless, useless.'

John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865) fatally shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head while the president was attending a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC. Lincoln died the following morning. At right, an in-color photo shows what Booth might have looked like in his mid-20s

Lewis Powell, who used Payne or Paine as an alias, was supposed to assassinate William Seward, then-Secretary of State.

The same night Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre, Powell entered Seward's home near the White House under the guise of making a delivery.

Seward was recovering from injuries sustained during a carriage ride the previous week and was attended to at his home by family.

Powell, a Confederate soldier wounded at Gettysburg, managed to approach Seward's bedside and slash him across the face before he was attacked by Seward's son, Augustus.

Seward was left with permanent scars but survived the attack.

Powell fled the scene but was quickly caught and executed along with Mary Surratt, David Herold, and George Atzerodt on July 7. They died by hanging.

A native of Alabama, he was 21 years old.

Lewis Powell (1844-1865) was tasked with assassinating Secretary of State William H Seward on the night of April 14. Powell entered Seward's home under a ruse and was able to slash Seward across the face before being subdued by Seward's son, Augustus. Powell was executed in July 1865. The photo and in-color rendering above are from 1865, when he was 21

David Herold, born to a wealthy Washington DC family and a graduate of what is now Georgetown University, was to assist Powell in killing Seward.

Herold guided Powell to Seward's home and was to wait outside while the murder took place but became frightened by the commotion inside and fled.

Herold eventually crossed paths with Booth and the pair made their way to Garrett's Farmhouse.

While Booth refused to surrender and was shot, Herold gave himself up and was tried and executed alongside Powell, Surratt and Atzerodt. He was 23.

David Herold (1842-1865) had the role of guiding Powell to Secretary of State Seward's home the night of April 14. He fled the scene after hearing the commotion stemming from Powell's failed assassination attempt but was later caught and surrendered. He was executed alongside Powell at age 23. He is pictured at age 23

George Atzerodt, originally from Germany, came to the United States at age 8 and was living in the Washington DC area during the civil war.

He owned a carriage repair business and became involved in the Confederate cause, which at some point brought him into contact with John Wilkes Booth.

He was to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson at the Kirkwood House, a hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue where Johnson was staying, on the night of April 14.

Atzerodt booked a room at the hotel and asked the bartender about Johnson's whereabouts.

The conspirator, rather than finding and killing Johnson, ended up drinking and walking around the capital that night.

He was arrested at his cousin's Maryland home on April 20 and was executed on July 7. He was 30.

The role of George Atzerodt (1835-1865) in the sordid affair was to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson at the Kirkwood House, a hotel where Johnson was staying. But he did not even try to kill Johnson and ended up drinking and walking around the capital. He was executed along with Powell and Herold at age 30. Pictured: Atzerodt at 30

John Surratt was the daughter of Mary, who was executed on July 7, 1865 with three other co-conspirators.

The Surratts, who owned a tavern in Maryland, remained loyal to the South during the Civil War and their home became a hotbed of Confederate activity.

John Surratt acted as a spy for the Confederacy and came into contact with John Wilkes Booth, with whom he devised a failed plan to kidnap Lincoln in 1864.

He allegedly worked to bring in other conspirators to kidnap or kill the president, vice president and secretary of state.

Not directly taking part in the assassinations himself, Surratt fled to Canada following the events of April 14 and lived a fugitive's live.

At one point, he even served as a Papal Zouave in the former Papal States, in present-day Italy, but his cover was blown by an old friend and he was brought back to the US in 1866.

By the time he returned, his mother had been executed for her role in the assassination.

He claimed to have no knowledge of the assassination attempts and his high-profile case was declared a mistrial.

He lived the rest of his days in Maryland and died in 1916 at age 72.

John Surratt (1844-1916), who is pictured in Papal Zouave garb from his time as a fugitive, was involved in a previous plot to kidnap Lincoln but claimed to have had no involvement in the assassination attempt. He fled the United States following the events of April 14 and his mother, who was found to have been involved in the plot, was executed. He is pictured in his mid 20s

Edmund Spangler was a carpenter and crew member at Ford's Theatre whose involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln was not conclusively proven.

Spangler, a Confederate sympathizer, allegedly stopped an audience member from pursuing Booth in the commotion following the gunfire.

He was found guilty of a diminished role in the conspiracy and was sentenced to six years in prison but his sentence was commuted by President Johnson in 1869.

He died in 1875 at the age of 49.

Edmund Spangler (1825-1875) worked at Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated. He was a Confederate sympathizer who allegedly worked to assist Booth. While he was found guilty of conspiracy and was sentenced to six years in prison, his sentence was commuted by President Johnson in 1869. He is pictured in 1865 at the age of 40

Samuel Arnold was a Confederate soldier who denied any involvement in the assassination plot but was part of the earlier kidnapping one.

He became involved in the 1864 kidnapping plot after he was discharged from the Confederate army for health reasons.

Arnold returned to the Washington DC area, where he was born. He was raised in Maryland.

He allegedly ended his involvement in Booth's conspiracies and was in Virginia on the fateful night of April 14, 1865.

But a court found him guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment. He was pardoned by President Johnson in 1869 and died in 1906 at age 72.

Samuel Arnold (1834-1906) was part of the earlier kidnapping plot but claimed no involvement in the assassination plot. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for his alleged role in the conspiracy but was pardoned by President Johnson in 1869. He is pictured in 1865 at the age of 31

Michael O'Laughlin (also spelled as O'Laughlen) was raised on the same street as John Wilkes Booth and fought for the Confederacy until 1862, when he left for health reasons.

Like Arnold, O'Laughlin was involved in the kidnapping plot but not, it is believed, in the murder plot. He was in Baltimore when Booth shot Lincoln.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment for his alleged role in the assassination conspiracy and died in prison in 1867. He was 27 years old.

It is not clear if, whether he had lived, President Johnson would have pardoned him.

Michael O'Laughlin (1840-1867), like Arnold, claimed to have had no involvement in the assassination plot but was sentenced to life imprisonment for his alleged role. He died in prison in 1867 at the age of 27. Pictured: O'Laughlin in 1865

Amaral tweeted about her recent works: 'For the first time in authentic colors: The conspirators of Lincoln's assassination.

'Today is the 152nd anniversary of his death.'

She added that 'what was most interesting about this series is that we were able to reproduce the actual colors of their clothing.'

Other work from Amaral includes photographs of Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on their wedding day and a portrait of English Writer Virginia Woolf.

‘I started colorizing photos when I found a few colorizations on the internet by accident,' she previously told MailOnline.

‘As I've always been very passionate about history and Photoshop, I started practicing and trying to develop my techniques on that very same day.'

She colors every millimeter of the pictures by hand - and never uses shortcuts or guesswork.

‘I never start to work with a photo without first researching the story behind it. Then, I collect the greatest amount of information that can help me with the colors,' she said.

‘I like to say that the process of the colorization itself is like a traditional painting: many hours of work are required, as well as a lot of study, a lot of patience, and many layers of different colors.'

She wrote on her website: 'Every completed work has gone through long and in depth research, and is supported by the opinions of experts in each particular area if necessary, to faithfully reproduce the original colors and atmosphere.'