This portrait of President James Garfield was taken by Napoleon Sarony. Garfield was president for nearly four months before being shot by Charles Guiteau in a Washington D.C., train station on July 2, 1881. He succumbed to his wounds 11 weeks later. Sarony was a popular photographer known for his portraits of famous 19th century luminaries such as Mark Twain, Nicola Tesla, Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, and Sarah Bernhardt.
This portrait of President James Garfield was taken by Napoleon Sarony. Garfield was president for nearly four months before being shot by Charles Guiteau in a Washington D.C., train station on July 2, 1881. He succumbed to his wounds 11 weeks later. Sarony was a popular photographer known for his portraits of famous 19th century luminaries such as Mark Twain, Nicola Tesla, Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, and Sarah Bernhardt.
