Title

'Three men and a woman hanged for the assassination of Lincoln', c1865, (1938). Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Three men and a woman hanged for the assassination of Lincoln', c1865, (1938). Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt hanged for the assassination of Lincoln. Mary Surratt became the first woman to be executed by the United States federal government. From Adventures of America 1857-1900, by John A. Kouwenhoven [Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1938]. (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1865

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D14_141

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

239,6Mb (10,1Mb) / 30,8in x 30,2in / 9248 x 9056 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather exterior John A Kouwenhoven Kouwenhoven John A Surratt Lewis Paine Paine Herold Atzerodt Lewis Payne Harper & Brothers Publishers Harper Brothers colorised outdoors city female women woman people male job man men country spectators law guy crime occupation spectator scaffold scaffolding rain color colour Washington hanging death rope war Washington DC District of Columbia prison location umbrella century profession lady concept outside punishment troops Army warfare hangman gallows colourised penitentiary United States of America United States execution conspiracy conspirator 19th century public execution executioner nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector TGN David George David Herold George Atzerodt Lewis Powell Mary Surratt Old Arsenal Penitentiary engraving Unknown Mary Lewis Payne Powell Harper & Brothers Publishers John A Kouwenhoven engraving