Title from caption on object: “Cardinal Cushing Placing a Consoling Hand on the Shoulder of Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy...”
November 25, 1963
Artist
Publisher
American 20th Century
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 21.1 × 17.1 cm (8 5/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
sheet: 21.9 × 20.6 cm (8 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.177.506
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
retouching across recto in white and grey paint; crop marks center left and center right in orange crayon; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in blue ink circled and crossed out: 75; upper center stamped in black ink: 1963 NOV 25 PM [illegible]; by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink circled: 84; upper center in graphite: Cardinal / Hand [crossed out]; center left in black ink perpendicular: 5 3/4; center Associated Press copyright stamp in red ink inverted and obscured; center stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: NOV 26 1963; center right stamped in blue ink perpendicular: NOV 25 1 21 PM '63; lower left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: ACQ-057-CT; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [AP Wirephoto] / Cardinal Cushing [circled in blue crayon] placing a consoling hand on the shoulder of Mrs. Jacqueline / Kennedy [circled in blue crayon] as he greeted her in doorway of St. Matthew's cathedral. The cardinal / later was celebrant of the mass.; lower center stamped in blue ink inverted: NOV 25 5 36 PM '63; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite circled: [illegible] / ✓ [in grease pencil] / Page; bottom left in graphite: 81; bottom center in graphite: x x x / Hand