Execution of Lincoln Assassination Conspirators. Adjusting the Ropes.

Execution of Lincoln Assassination Conspirators. Adjusting the Ropes.

Bound volume

Alexander Gardner

Maker
American, b. Scotland, 1821–1882

Execution of Lincoln Assassination Conspirators. Adjusting the Ropes.

Adjusting the Ropes for hanging the conspirators. Washington, D.C.


From the album The Lincoln Conspiracy, 1865


July 7, 1865
Albumen silver print
Image: 16.8 x 23.4 cm (6 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
Mount: 27 x 34.5 cm (10 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Purchase
1972.0033.0035
Inscriptions recto-(printed on mount) "2086"
(in ink) "Execution of Lincoln Assassination Conspirators"
"Adjusting the Ropes."
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