<I>The Grand Jury.</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 1867; printed ca. 1889
name: label: Photograph by
content: David H. Anderson, American, 1827 - 1905
label: Subject of
content: George Lewis Seaton, American, 1822 - 1881
label: Subject of
content: Jefferson Davis, American, 1808 - 1889
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Fields Cook, American, 1817 - 1897
label: Subject of
content: Rosina Beckley, American
label: Subject of
content: George W. Simms, American
label: Subject of
content: Cornelius Liggan Harris
label: Subject of
content: John Oliver
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone albumen photograph of a photomechanical newspaper image capturing the grand jury that indicted Jefferson Davis.
label: Description
content: Captioned at the top of the heavily faded image is: [THE GRAND JURY / This is the Grand Jury that indicted Mr. Davis, and was the first mixed jury ever impanelled in this country]. The image depicts two rows of men, one row seated and the second row standing behind the first. Of note are the five African American jurors: Cornelius Liggan Harris (seated, third from right); Dr. Fields Cook (standing, 2nd from left); John Oliver (seated, far left); George Seaton (standing, 5th from right); George W. Simms (standing, far right); and Rosina Beckley (standing, 4th from left). The photograph is mounted on a card with decorative scalloped edges on all four sides with smooth corners. There are no inscriptions or markings on the reverse of the card.
place: label: Place captured
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Albumen photograph of Jefferson Davis's grand jury
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.26.40
objectType: label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen on nitrocellulose paper (fiber product) and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 5/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11 × 16.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 15/16 × 5 9/16 in. (10 × 14.1 cm)