Lying in state in his home – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Lying in state in his home in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Lying in state in his home
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Henry Ware Lawton, a general who had served in the Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War, is shown here lying in state, a scene rarely recorded so openly for a soldier who died in the field. He was killed in December 1899 during the Philippine-American War, when American forces were putting down the independence movement that had turned against U.S. rule. The photograph comes from an album of images from his Philippine campaign, and photographer William Dinwiddie appears to have documented the general's final months. The caption card is old and unverified, so the exact setting should be read with some caution.
| Created / published | 1899 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by William Dinwiddie. In album: General Lawton in the Philippines, May-Dec., 1899, p. 44. Lawton, Henry Ware, 1843-1899. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,212 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107140 |
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