Title from caption on object: “Heavily Veiled in Black, Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Widow of the Late President, Begins Her Day of Deepest Sorrow...”
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: 30 × 25.9 cm (11 13/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
sheet: 31.2 × 28.3 cm (12 5/16 × 11 1/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.177.672
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
top center and center left crop marks in black grease pencil; on verso, top center printed in blue ink perpendicular: SSA 08883; upper center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: Heavily veiled in black, Mrs. John F. Kennedy, [underlined and circled in red ink] widow of the / late President, begins her day of deepest sorrow to say her / final goodbys [sic] to him. She arrives above at the Capitol with her / two brothers-in-law, Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy (left) [crossed out in red ink] and / Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Inside the huge domed rotunda.; by unknown hand, upper center in red ink on applied newspaper: funeral; upper center in graphite: [obscured by applied newspaper] / Arrives / 2nd Comic [illegible] / 11/25/63; upper right stamped in purple ink: Nov 25 1963; by unknown hand, upper right in red ink: 13B-5*; center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink; lower left stamped in blue ink perpendicular: ART DEPT. / 1963 NOV 25 PM 12:00