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

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Medium

gelatin silver print with applied color

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.672

Artists / Makers

American 20th Century (artist)

Associated Press (publisher)

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary