Title from caption on object: “Mrs. John F. Kennedy Walks Down Capitol Steps...”
November 24, 1963
Artist
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: 23.9 × 15.4 cm (9 7/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
sheet: 25.3 × 17.9 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.510
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Plain Dealer Library, Cleveland, OH. Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
retouching across recto in grey paint; on verso, lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: Mrs. John. F. Kennedy walks down Capitol steps with daughter / Caroline and son John Jr. after the President's casket was placed / in the rotunda. Other members of the Kennedy family and Presi- / dent and Mrs. Johnson follow her.; by unknown hand, lower center in blue ink on applied newspaper: PD11-25-63; by unknown hand, lower center in black ink circled: Kennedy, John F. Pres 1963 / Procession to Capitol & Lying in State; lower center stamped in blue ink: THE PLAIN DEALER LIBRARY / NOV 25 1963; lower right printed in black ink on applied blue paper: PLAIN DEALER; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite on applied blue paper: Jackie & Family; lower right in blue ink on applied blue paper: PD11-25-63; lower right in blue ink: PD11-25-63; bottom right in graphite: 3