John Wilkes Booth: Portrait of Lincoln’s Assassin

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John Wilkes Booth: Portrait of Lincoln’s Assassin

 

A carte de visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth, the actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Booth is shown seated in a well-tailored suit, wearing a mustache, seated with cane. The reverse bears the Webster & Popkins photographer’s imprint and a 2-cent U.S. Internal Revenue stamp.

During the Civil War he served as a Confederate spy and assassin. Booth was a noted actor from the prominent Booth theatrical family from Maryland. As a Confederate sympathizer he denounced Lincoln and joined the Confederate Secret Service.

 

Inventory Number: POL 448

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Sepia photograph of a seated man in 19th-century attire with a mustache, holding a cane, looking slightly to his left against a plain background.
A vintage card with a Webster & Hopkins stamp, a red 2-cent U.S. Internal Revenue stamp with a black X mark, and handwritten code “CDV4396” at the bottom.
Sepia-toned portrait photograph of a seated man with a mustache, dressed in formal attire, displayed in a black rectangular frame.

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