[Photographic Proof of Edwin Booth and his family]

Contributor:

Gutekunst Studio, (Philadelphia, United States) (publisher); Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 (actor)

Name:

Grossman, Edwina Booth, 1861-; Booth, Mary, 1848-1881

Date:

1873

Description:

Portraits

Identifier:

(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_pbo200_9a_s

Subject:

Performance; Theater Biography; Production and Direction

Resource Type:

Still Image

Form/Genre:

black-and-white photographs

Physical Description:

14.5 x 11.0 cm.

Geographic Subject:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Notes about Edwina Booth: Daughter of American Shakespearean actor/theatre manager, Edwin Booth.; Notes about Mary McVicker Booth: Actress and second wife of gifted American actor, Edwin Booth.; Notes about Edwin Thomas Booth: A successful American tragic actor. Son of the actor Junius Brutus Booth and brother of the infamous John Wilkes Booth. Booth performed as Sir Giles Overreach in 1857 and acted Hamlet during the 1864-65 season for one hundred nights. Other successful Shakespearean roles included Othello, Romeo, and Macbeth. Booth arranged for the publication of acting editions of fifteen plays.; The Gutekunst Studio, 1722 Chestnut St. Phila., PA.; Due to the condition of this item it was not scanned. One of nine proofs of the Booth family. Verso (handwritten): E. Booth -- Group 1873.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Bo200.9a S, Small Box

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)