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John Wilkes & Edwin Booth CDV photographs [189512]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images - Antique Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
John Wilkes & Edwin Booth CDV photographs [189512]
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This item SOLD at 2024 Nov 22 @ 10:30UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Three photos, two of Edwin Booth and one of John Wilkes Booth. One photo of Edwin is a cabinet card, the other two photos being cartes de visite. The cards the photos are mounted on are labelled with the names of the men. The photos were likely taken by a New York photographer, as the archive the photos came from featured numerous New York politicians. This photographer was possibly celebrity photographer George G. Rockwood, who specialized in theatrical photography and is known to have photographed Edwin at least once. The cabinet card of Edwin has high quality contrast and focus. The CDV of John Wilkes has some scratches, but the image is largely unobscured and of good quality. [