[Photographic Copy of a Drawing of an Execution by Charles Wirgman]

after November 1864

Current Collection

Los Angeles, United States

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 19.5 × 28.4 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-650545

Photographic reproduction of a drawing by Charles Wirgman, depicting a public execution by beheading, witnessed by a large number of men dressed in traditional garments and military uniform. Also visible in the foreground are three children and a woman, all dressed in traditional garments.

Provenance

Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Registry history

after November 1864 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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