2-697-247 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Garfield Statue, Washington DC, USA, c1900. The James A Garfield Monument, sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward in memory of President James A Garfield (1831-1881), who was shot and severely wounded at the beginning of July 1881 by a man named Charles Guiteau who was a supporter of the Republican party. Guiteau was eventually executed, but the President lingered for more than two months before eventually dying from his wounds on 19 September 1881. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co., c1900]