John Wilkes Booth.
Title
John Wilkes Booth .
Description
Portrait of infamous actor John Wilkes Booth , wearing hair parted at the side , a handlebar mustache , a dark suit jacket and tie , an overcoat , and leather gloves . Born May 10 , 1838 , the youngest brother of renowned actors Edwin Booth and Junius Brutus Booth , Jr. , Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington , D.C . on April 14 , 1865 . He died April 26 , 1865 after being captured by Union soldiers . The inscription on the reverse side of this portrait is to Blanche Chapman , an actress who appeared frequently at Macauley's Theatre . John Wilkes Booth never appeared at Macauley's , having died eight years before the theatre opened , but his brothers Edwin and Junius made a combined total of eight visits there in the 1870s and 1880s . Inscription on mount verso , upper center : John Wilkes Booth to Blanche Chapman . Title supplied by cataloger .
Subject
Portraits Portrait photographs Actors Men
People Pictured
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
Date Original
1860? - 1865?
Object Type
Albumen prints Silver printing-out paper prints Cartes de visite
Source
9.9 x 6 cm. b&w albumen print. Item no. ULPA 1980.20.0042 in the Macauley's Theatre Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Macauley's Theatre Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/macauley/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1980.20.0042
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