A half-length studio portrait of Mary E. Surratt, one of the people executed for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Her hair is parted in the middle, reaches her ears, then is pulled back. She is wearing earrings and has a bow at her neck decorated with a brooch. This is a later albumen print taken from an ambrotype or daguerreotype portrait. Title written on print. Alternate title supplied by cataloger.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 print: albumen; 25 cm x 17 cm (9 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.)
Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865 Women Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Albumen prints. (aat)
Source
Photo File United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
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