Washington, D.C., Adjusting The Ropes For Hanging The Conspirators – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Washington, D.C., Adjusting The Ropes For Hanging The Conspirators. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Washington, D.C., Adjusting The Ropes For Hanging The Conspirators
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Workers are shown adjusting the ropes on the gallows at the Washington Arsenal, where four people convicted in the plot against Abraham Lincoln were hanged on July 7, 1865. The condemned had been tried by a military commission for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth, and the execution drew officials and spectators into the arsenal grounds. The picture is a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required the plate to be coated, exposed and developed while still wet, so the photographer had to work quickly on site. It is generally attributed to Alexander Gardner's studio and is one of the few visual records of a federal execution from that summer.
| Created / published | July 7, 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | negative, glass, wet collodion |
| Original scan | 4,568 × 3,622 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-D-20 |
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