Edwin Booth as Hamlet – Vintage Poster
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This vintage poster of Edwin Booth as Hamlet brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Edwin Booth as Hamlet
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Edwin Booth, one of the most celebrated tragic actors of the nineteenth century, is shown here in the title role of Hamlet, the part he played for more than a hundred consecutive nights in New York in 1864 and became famous for across the country. This color lithograph dates from about 1873, a decade after that landmark run, and reflects how theatrical portraiture of the era used the star's image to sell both the production and the actor's reputation. Booth was the son of the English actor Junius Brutus Booth, and his Hamlet was widely admired for its introspective, subtle interpretation. The print is preserved in the Library of Congress's pictorial collections.
| Created / published | c1873. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1870-1880.Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 167. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004-05. |
| Subjects | Booth, Edwin,--1833-1893--Performances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,158 × 1,481 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218174 |
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