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[Junius Brutus Booth, half-length portrait] – Vintage Wall Art

[Junius Brutus Booth, half-length portrait] — historic photograph
[Junius Brutus Booth, half-length portrait]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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 was one of the most celebrated tragic actors of the nineteenth century, and this half-length portrait shows him as the stage personality his audiences knew: a man whose intense, sometimes volatile performances made him a star on both sides of the Atlantic. Booth, the father of John Wilkes Booth, earned his reputation in Shakespearean roles such as Richard III and Lear, and he toured the United States extensively after emigrating from England in 1821. The record gives no date for the print, so it is best understood as a photographic likeness from the period when such portraits circulated widely as keepsakes of famous performers.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 2,045 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119011

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