Red Jackson and Herbie Levy Study Wounds on Face of Slain Gang Member Maurice Gaines
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![Octipedem ne excites. (Don’t wake an eight-foot [on the scorpion]) Scorpius irata tactus dat vulnera cauda. (When it is touched, the scorpion inflicts wounds with its irate tail.), part IV, plate 4, from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"](/internal/media/dispatcher/16934/thumbnail)
Red Jackson and Herbie Levy Study Wounds on Face of Slain Gang Member Maurice Gaines
Maker
Gordon Parks
(b. 1912, Fort Scott, Kansas – d. 2006, New York, New York)
Date1948
GeographyNew York, New York, United States, North and Central America
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsoverall: 13 1/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. (33.3 cm x 26 cm)
ClassificationPHOTOGRAPHS
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2000.21
Status
Not on viewRightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
published 1592
Charlotte Park