Title from caption on object: “John Jr. Salutes His Father”
November 25, 1963
Artist
Publisher, American, founded 1929
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 17.1 × 24.3 cm (6 3/4 × 9 9/16 in.)
sheet: 20.6 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.648
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Henry Yee, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
vertical along right edge printed in image: (NY28-NOV. 25) JOHN JR. SALUTES HIS FATHER--John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes / the caisson bearing the casket of his father, President Kennedy, at St. / Matthew’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Washington today. Standing beside / him after the pontifical requiem mass are his mother and sister Caroline. / John Jr. observed his third birthday anniversary today. Caroline will be / six Wednesday. (This photo from NBC/TV) (NBC/TV photo via AP Wirephoto) / (jn21515nbc) 1963; on verso, center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink