Title from caption on object: “On Steps of St. Matthew's Cathedral...”

November 25, 1963

Harry Leder

Associated Names
Harry Leder

Artist, American, 1916 - 1981

United Press International

Publisher

The image shows a group of people standing on the steps outside a building. The focus is on a woman standing front and center wearing a dark knee-length coat and a black veil over her head and face. Beside her are two children, a girl and a boy. The girl has light-colored neck-length hair and is holding an object, while the boy is giving a salute with his right hand. Around them are several men in dark suits, white shirts, and ties with somber expressions. In the background, the group is flanked by large stone columns. The scene is captured in black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.2 × 21.7 cm (5 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 × 23.2 cm (7 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.511

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Historic Images, Memphis). (sale, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across top printed in image: NXP-1402950B-11/26/63-WASHINGTON: On steps of St. Matthew’s Cathedral 11/25, waiting for / President’s caisson to begin trip to cemetery, little John F. Kennedy Jr. gives military / salute to the man who used to playfully call him “John-John.” SEE ALSO NXP-1402950A,C. / UPI TELEPHOTO BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER HARRY LEDER =jm=; on verso, upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: n e a 3 6 7 2 3 / www.historicimages.com; center left stamped in purple ink: REFERENCE / DEC 3 '63 / N. E. A.; center left UPI copyright stamp in black ink perpendicular; by unknown hand, lower left in blue ink perpendicular: A94290

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