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The execution of Captain Wirz at Washington

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814441


Item data

Title

The execution of Captain Wirz at Washington

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Punishments -- Hanging

Names

Peters, G. W. (Engraver)
Ransom, Fletcher C. (Fletcher Charles), 1870-1943 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1876

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC PUNI-Han

Subjects

Punishment & torture
Hangings (Executions)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Wirz, Henry, 1823?-1865
Gallows -- Washington (D.C.) -- 1860-1869

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Drawn by F. C. Ransom from a photograph."
Source Note: Popular history of the United States, from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen to the end of the Civil War. (New York : Scribner, c1876-1881) Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), Author.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17252193
Barcode: 33333159445887
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2599f4e0-c562-012f-e70d-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1876

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The execution of Captain Wirz at Washington" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2599f4e0-c562-012f-e70d-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1876). The execution of Captain Wirz at Washington Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2599f4e0-c562-012f-e70d-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The execution of Captain Wirz at Washington" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2599f4e0-c562-012f-e70d-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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