124. Kennedy, Jacqueline. Photograph signed (“Jacqueline Kennedy”), 7.5 x 9.75 in. (191 x 248 mm.), gelatin silver print mounted on larger (11 x 14 in.; 279 x 356 mm.) board, of John and Jacqueline. Faint creasing; otherwise, fine.

Portrait of the Kennedys inscribed by Jackie to White House photographer Cecil W. Stoughton.

Warmly inscribed by Jackie in the lower margin, “For Cecil Stoughton – who took all the pictures I loved most of President Kennedy and the children – With so many memories and deep appreciation, Jacqueline Kennedy.”

After Kennedy’s assassination, Stoughton and Mrs. Kennedy remained in contact for the rest of her life. Here, just one year after the event, she inscribes one of his photographs. Cecil Stoughton (1920-2008) was the first official White House photographer and the chief photographer during the Kennedy Administration. He studied under Aldred Eisenstadt and Margaret Bourke-White. After the War, while working in the Army’s Public Information Office, he was assigned to photograph President Kennedy’s Inauguration on 20 January 1961, and was soon posted to the White House full-time. The affection and trust the Kennedys felt for Stoughton made him uniquely qualified to capture the First Family’s private moments. On 22 November 1963, he created what the New York Times called “one of the signal images of the 20th century” – Lyndon B. Johnson’s swearing-in as president aboard Air Force One. $2,000 - $3,000