6 x 2 7/8 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (card previously folded along central vertical crease, soiling and toning to images, significant wear to edges and corners of mount). Gardner's copyright printed on mount recto. Paper label affixed to verso bears Gardner's series title, image number, and caption. Verso also bears ink inscription further describing the scene: "Mrs. Surat [sic] and her associates who harbored and assisted John Wilkes Booth to assinate [sic] President Abraham Lincoln April 14th 1865 at Fords Theatre in Washington D.C. / preparing just before the Drop."

Mary Surratt, at the age of 42, became the first woman to be executed by the United States government on 7 July 1865.