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[Junius Booth, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in theatrical costume] – Historic Photograph Print

[Junius Booth, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in theatrical costume], [between 1844 and 1852] — historic photograph
[Junius Booth, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in theatrical costume], [between 1844 and 1852]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(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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Junius Brutus Booth, the English-born tragedian, appears here in half-length, turned three-quarters to the left and wearing theatrical costume. This half-plate daguerreotype, gold toned, is credited to Mathew Brady's studio and dated somewhere between 1844 and 1852, before Booth's death in 1852. The sitter identification comes from an 1899 Scribner's Magazine listing, though the record also gives an alternative attribution to the actor Edwin Forrest, so the name is best read as a considered attribution rather than settled fact.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1852]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from Scribner's Magazine, October, 1899, no. 4. Scratched on back of plate: 290. Alternative identification: Edwin Forrest, actor. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4116-L. Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsBooth, Junius Brutus,--1796-1852.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,224 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference52_Junius_Booth_halflength_1844

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