Title from caption on object: “Cardinal Cushing Placing a Consoling Hand on the Shoulder of Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy...”, November 25, 1963

Inscription

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

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

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