Execution of Captain Henry Wirz, keeper of the Anderson Prison Pen
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Execution of Captain Henry Wirz, keeper of the Anderson Prison Pen

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Photograph

Alexander Gardner

Maker
American, b. Scotland, 1821–1882

Execution of Captain Henry Wirz, keeper of the Anderson Prison Pen

November 10, 1865
Albumen silver print
Image: 7 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (18.4 × 23.2 cm)
Mount: 10 × 12 in. (25.4 × 30.5 cm)
Purchase with funds from Eastman Kodak Company, 1948
1985.1076.0013
Inscriptions inscribed in black ink on mount verso, RC: #7755 \ Execution of Capt Henry Wirz, keeper of the \ Anderson Prison Pen. \ After the drop fell. [sideways]
inscribed in black ink on mount verso, RB: # 872 [sideways]
stamped in black ink on mount verso, BR: PHILIP MEDICUS \ 470 WEST END AVE. \ NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. [sideways]
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