Title from caption on object: “One of the Most Shocking Pictures Ever Taken in America...”

November 24, 1963

Robert H. Jackson

Associated Names
Robert H. Jackson

Artist, American, born 1934

This is a photograph of a scene in an indoor setting. The image captures a moment among a group of suited individuals in close quarters. The individuals are dressed in formal attire, some wearing hats. In the center, there is physical interaction, drawing attention, as one individual appears distressed. The composition reflects an intense situation, with individuals in close proximity, possibly handling or restraining someone. The black-and-white format adds to the historical context of the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.7 × 31.7 cm (8 9/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 22.2 × 32.2 cm (8 3/4 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.669

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gary Edwards Gallery, Southampton, NY); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks center right and lower center in white paint; on verso, center right stamped in purple ink perpendicular: ST. PAUL SUNDAY PIONEER PRESS / PAGE [by unknown hand in graphite: 4] / COPY [by unknown hand in graphite: 1] / ISSUE [by unknown hand in graphite: 12-1-68]; lower center stamped in red ink: DEC 16 1968; lower right printed in black ink on applied newspaper: One of the most shocking pictures ever taken in America...Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald in the aftermath of the / JFK assassination, by Bob Jackson of the Dallas Times-Herald.; lower right stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: P.P. DEC 1 1968; by unknown hand, lower right in blue ink circled in red crayon: Lee Harvey Oswald-sho[t]

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