Jacqueline Kennedy and her Children in the Capitol Rotunda
Artist
Carl Purcell
(American, born 1944)
DateNovember 24, 1963
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionssight: 23.2 x 16.2 cm (9 1/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
frame: 43.5 x 35.2 cm (17 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
frame: 43.5 x 35.2 cm (17 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Howard G. Davis, III A.K.A. David Davis
Object number2011.201
Label TextOn Sunday, November 24, 1963, the flag-draped casket of the slain president was carried on a horse-drawn caisson from the White House to the United States Capitol to lie in state. Throughout the day and night, hundreds of thousands lined up to view the guarded casket. This was the scene when the president’s immediate family visited. Photographic images like this one, capturing their dignity and the children’s compelling innocence, moved a worldwide audience.On View
Not on viewWally McNamee
November 22, 1963
The Associated Press
November 22, 1963