Thursday, April 1, 2021

Wet Plate Image: Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirator Lewis T. Powell in custody prior to execution. Washington, D.C., 1865.

 Always found this a stunning wet plate image, not sure if it is a tiny type, an ambrotype, or a negative. Love the mans defiance, good looks, indepedence and the powerlessness the handcuffs put on him.

Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirator Lewis T. Powell in custody prior to execution. Washington, D.C., 1865.