Removal of James Smithson's Coffin

ID: 2002-12196

Creator: Bell, Mabel

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1903

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 56 Folder 6

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Summary

The coffin containing the remains of James Smithson is being carried out of the Genoa, Italy cemetery where his body had been buried. Notified that the cemetery was to be destroyed, Smithsonian Regent Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel went to Italy to oversee the exhumation of Smithson's remains and their transfer to Washington, D.C. Smithson's grave was opened on December 31, 1903.

Subject

  • Smithson, James 1765-1829
  • Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922
  • Bell, Mabel

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Original negative number is 71-57-4, but that negative has been lost.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 56 Folder 6

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1903

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Burial
  • Cemeteries
  • Smithson family
  • Coffins
  • Regents

Place

Genoa (Italy)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Other

ID Number

2002-12196

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Other; Medium: Photographic print

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