Image of suspect Joao M. Celestino in custody on the monitor U.S.S.Montauk. Celestine sits, looking to his right, his hand clasped in his lap. A Portugeuse sea captain, Joao M. Celestino, was one of many dragged into the "web of conspiracy." He had independently threatened Seward and, because of a remark, was apprehended in Philadelphia on April 18. The charges were dropped, but he remained in custody until July 8, 1865. Herbert William Singleton Collection Of Civil War Photographs, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 print : albumen ; image 16.5 x 21.6 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) ; overall 22.9 x 27.9 cm (9 x 11 in.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Celestino, Joao M
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Source
Herbert William Singleton Collection Of Civil War Photographs (ca. 1861-1890s) Views of President Lincoln: the Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators: and Portraits of the Conspirators by Mathew Brady & Alexander Gardner / Issued by Taylor & Huntington, United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Lindsey M. Gould, a Civil War veteran, acquired the photographs in the 1880s as a keepsake of his war experience. At Mr. Gould’s death around 1919, the entire collection went to his close friend Herbert W. Singleton. The collection remained in the Singleton family until May 2001 when the Huntington Library acquired it through a gift and purchase arrangement.
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