** NEW DISCOVERY REGARDING BOOTH AUTOPSY PHOTO

[John E.]

(06-26-2013 03:04 PM)Dave Taylor Wrote:  One thing I noticed while looking through Harper's Weekly today, was the distinct lack of "Photographed by Gardner" caption below the engraving of the autopsy. Here is the page with the autopsy engraving on it, and the page facing it:



On the facing page is an engraving of Boston Corbett along with another engraving of the Bakers and Conger planning the capture of Booth. On the page with the autopsy is an engraving of Booth's last moments with the barn on fire.

The two engravings on the facing page have these captions:





Notice they both give credit to the photographer they copied from.

The drawing of Booth in the barn logically has no credit line seeing as there were no photographers present to take a picture of this sort:



The engraving of the Booth autopsy also does not credit a photographer.



Perhaps this lack of a photographer credit on the autopsy engraving is because, like the drawing of Booth in the barn above it, this engraving is just the product of an illustrator's mind?

Great observation, and one of the key points we make in our supplement. You'll see Gardner's name credited next to the illustrations of the executions as well.