Portrait of Lewis Powell, AKA Lewis Paine or Payne, American, executed for the attempted murder of Secretary of State, William H. Seward and as a co-conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, 1844-1865. Photographed by Alexander Gardner, American, born Great Britain (Scotland) 1821-1882.
This photo has always stunned me because he looks so modern. I could just as easily imagine this shot coming out of Warhol's Factory in the late '60s.
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