Abraham Lincoln
[BOOTH, EDWIN T. (1833-1893)]. GUTEKUNST, Frederick (1831-1917), photographer. Rare, mammoth plate studio portrait of Booth. Philadelphia: 1873.
[BOOTH, EDWIN T. (1833-1893)]. GUTEKUNST, Frederick (1831-1917), photographer. Rare, mammoth plate studio portrait of Booth. Philadelphia: 1873.
Sale 2112 - Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Oct 24, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Lot Description
Abraham Lincoln
[BOOTH, EDWIN T. (1833-1893)]. GUTEKUNST, Frederick (1831-1917), photographer. Rare, mammoth plate studio portrait of Booth. Philadelphia: 1873.
[BOOTH, EDWIN T. (1833-1893)]. GUTEKUNST, Frederick (1831-1917), photographer. Rare, mammoth plate studio portrait of Booth. Philadelphia: 1873.
17 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. albumen photograph on 20 1/8 x 17 3/8 in. cardstock mount. Credited to Gutekunst on mount recto. Verso bears applied paper label printed for Gutekunst with date "Nov [187]3" accomplished in pencil, and additional pencil inscriptions.
A previously unknown photograph of renowned actor Edwin Booth, brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. A rare, and exceptionally large image, capturing Booth at the height of his career.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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