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The Trial of the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles for the murder of P. Barton Key, Esq., at Washington, D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

The Trial of the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles for the murder of P. Barton Key, Esq., at Washington, D.C., [published 1859 April 9] — antique engraving
The Trial of the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles for the murder of P. Barton Key, Esq., at Washington, D.C., [published 1859 April 9]. Antique engraving from the Washington DC collection.

(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 antique engraving captures The Trial of the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles for the murder of P. Barton Key, Esq., at Washington, D.C. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This engraving shows the trial of Daniel E. Sickles, a New York congressman, for the February 1859 killing of Philip Barton Key, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, in Lafayette Square across from the White House. Key had been carrying on an affair with Sickles's wife, and the case drew national attention. Sickles's defense rested on temporary insanity brought on by jealousy, and the jury acquitted him that spring. *Harper's Weekly* printed the scene as a wood engraving because courtroom photography was not yet practical, so the illustration stands in for the reporting of a case that many readers followed closely.

Created / published[published 1859 April 9]
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1850-1860.Wood engravings 1850-1860.
NotesIllus. in: Harper's weekly, 1859 April 9, p. 232.
SubjectsSickles, Daniel Edgar,--1819-1914--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.) Judicial proceedings--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 984 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165345

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