Execution of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators, Washington D.C., July 7, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image, detail

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/22/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 8, 2013.

Depicted ContentLincoln's Assassination

Depicted ContentFour condemned Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, are executed in Washington, D.C.

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engraving

Original caption

Execution of the conspirators, Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Lewis Powell (alias Payne), George Ahzerodt and David E. Harold, in the Prison Yard of the Old Penitentiary, Washington, D.C., July 7. - From the sketches by our Special Artists, D. B. Gulick and W.T. Crane.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 22, 1865, 280.

Source note

Cropped from the larger image, also available here.