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Photograph of John Wilkes Booth

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December 19, 03:14 PM GMT

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8,000 - 12,000 USD

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John Wilkes Booth


Albumen print (165 x 222 mm), likely signed in another hand ("J Wilkes Booth") along bottom margin of arched mat, notes to verso in pencil "From Hancock's Cafe, | 1234 Penna Ave., | Washington D.C."; minor wear and abrasions to image, some waterstaining to mat slightly affecting "J Wilkes," small tear to lower margin of mat not affecting signature. Matted, framed, and glazed with Plexiglas; not examined out of frame. 


One of the most reproduced portraits of the infamous Lincoln assassin


The photograph depicts Booth, three-quarter-length and seated with a walking stick. This portrait apparently hung in Hancock's Cafe, a restaurant in Washington D.C. established in 1840.

Bonhams, 27 June 2006, Lot 3315