Execution of Four Conspirators
Contemporary Illustration
Newspapers of the time didn't generally print photographs, but rather illustrations. This illustration was used to show the execution of the four conspirators convicted of having a part in the plot that resulted in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
1865 image of the execution of Mary Surratt and three others as conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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