May 22, 2007 - Sale 2115

Sale 2115 - Lot 214

Price Realized: $ 8,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
GARDNER, ALEXANDER (1821-1882)
Suite of 5 cartes-de-visite depicting the execution of the conspirators on July 7, 1865. Albumen prints, 2 1/4x3 1/2 inches, each with a title and number imprinted on recto; mounted and displayed in a contemporary mat. 1865
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The figure in the white frock coat in images #1, #2, and #3 is believed to be Mathew Brady. In the last image, which shows the gallows at the Old Arsenal Prison, the hanging has just finished and spectators are starting to leave. The hanged conspirators are (from the left): Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt.



Mark Katz: Alexander Gardner, Numbers 321, 322, 323 (2 variant) and 324.