[Broadside for the Capture of John Wilkes Booth, John Surratt, and David Herold]
![[Broadside for the Capture of John Wilkes Booth, John Surratt, and David Herold] by Unknown|Alexander Gardner|Silsbee, Case & Company|Unknown](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/broadside-for-the-capture-of-john-wilkes-booth-283200.webp)
Medium
Ink on paper with three albumen silver prints from glass negatives
Dimensions
Sheet: 60.5 x 31.3 cm (23 13/16 x 12 5/16 in.) Each photograph: 8.6 x 5.4 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
Classification
Collages
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.96
Tags
About the Artist
Unknown|Alexander Gardner|Silsbee, Case & Company|Unknown
The artist designated as "Unknown" in our virtual museum's collection exemplifies a poignant chapter in art history: creators whose identities have faded into obscurity despite the enduring power of their work. With only one known artwork attributed to them in our holdings, this figure represents countless anonymous hands that shaped visual culture across centuries. Museums worldwide, including th...