Main Entrance, Old Penitentiary, Washington, D.C., May 1865, artist's impression, detail

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/25/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 29, 2015.

Depicted ContentOld Penitentiary, Washington D.C.

Depicted ContentIn Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial concludes

Depicted ContentIn Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial continues

Depicted ContentIn Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial begins

Depicted ContentIn Washington, John Wilkes Booth's accused fellow plotters are transferred to the Old Penitentiary for trial

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Trial of the conspirators - strong guard posted in front of main entrance to Penitentiary, Washington. - From a sketch by our Special Artist, W.T. Crane.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 17, 1865, 197.

Source note

Cropped from the fuller image, also available here.