Title

George Atzerodt, member of the Lincoln assassination plot, 1865 (1955). Artist: Unknown

Caption

George Atzerodt, member of the Lincoln assassination plot, 1865 (1955). Atzerodt (1835-1865) was one of four people hanged for their involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He was intended to assassinate Vice-President Andrew Johnson, but lost his nerve. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan, Bonanza Books, New York, 1955.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1955

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C54_289

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,1Mb) / 13,4in x 14,5in / 4023 x 4344 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men hat country guy crime clothes dead death dress war location century criminal concept B&W MONOCHROME assassination United States of America United States plot conspiracy conspirator 19th century plotter black & white black and white B W American Civil War nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector executed treason George George Atzerodt photograph portrait Unknown Abraham Alexander Abraham Lincoln Lincoln President of USA A Lincoln Atzerodt James D Horan Horan James D Mathew Brady Brady Mathew B Alexander Gardner;Gardner Mathew Brady James D Horan Abraham Lincoln photograph portrait