Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Payne, alias Wood, alias Hall, Arrested as one of the Associates of Booth in the Conspiracy

Artist Alexander Gardner (American (born Scotland), 1821 - 1882)

Publisher Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C. (American)

CultureAmerican

Date1865

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. (7.9 x 5.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 17 × 16 in. (43.2 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number87.461

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DescriptionThis is a carte-de-visite albumen print depicting one of the people associated with Lincoln's assasin.

Label TextAlexander Gardner American, 1821−1882 Payne, alias Wood, alias Hall, Arrested as one of the Associates of Booth in the Conspiracy, 1865 Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington, D.C. Albumen print (photograph) On the night that John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln, his accomplice Lewis Thornton Powell (1844−1865), also known by several aliases, attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward. Though Powell wounded Seward and several others, all survived, and authorities captured the assailant three days later. On April 27, 1865, government officials allowed Alexander Gardner to visit and photograph several of the suspects, and Gardner made at least ten photos of Powell, more than any of the other prisoners. The grief-stricken public was eager to see the faces of the assassins, especially this tall and mysterious 20-year-old. Museum purchase 87.461Exhibition History"An Enduring Interest: The Photographs of Alexander Gardner," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., Oct. 20, 1991 - Jan. 5, 1992. "The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "Shooting Lincoln: Photography and the 16th President," Chrysler Museum of Art, February 10 - July 5, 2015. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: pp. 8, 29. Brooks Johnson, _An Enduring Interest: The Photographs of Alexander Gardner_, exh. cat., The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1991, 127.