portrait photograph framed together with black-bordered mourning envelope addressed by her and signed at the upper left, postmarked Cleveland, Ohio, Garfield was First Lady for only 200 days when her husband, President James Garfield was shot on September 19, 1881; reproduction photograph measures: 8-3/8 x 5-7/8 in.; envelope measures: 3-1/8 x 4-1/4 in.; frame measures: 17-1/8 x 10-1/4 in.; Provenance: Collection of Dorothy Powers Wright, Bristol, Virginia
Condition
very good condition; envelope is visible on both sides of frame; not examined out of frame