[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A photographic study of John Wilkes Booth in 16 CDVs.

16 CDVs of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. The group is comprised of portraits of Booth taken during various sittings. Photographers/publishers include Alexander Gardner, Washington, DC (1), C.D. Fredricks & Co., New York (4), T.R. Burnham, Boston, MA (2), E.H. McKenney, Biddeford, ME (1), J. Carbutt, Chicago, IL (1), Groom's Photograph Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (1). The rest are uncredited.

Some cartes include period notations on recto or verso, the most detailed written on the reverse side of an image of Booth standing in a studio setting, his arm resting on a pedestal. The inscription reads, in part, "John Wilkes Booth, Captured on Garritt [sic] Farm at Port Royal, VA, Apr. 25, 1865, for the assniation [sic] of President Lincoln..."

Together, 16 CDVs of John Wilkes Booth.

Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Overall good to near excellent. Some with toning, occasional soiling and spotting. Some mounts trimmed. Two with 2-cent US Internal Revenue stamps on verso.

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[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A photographic study of John Wilkes Booth in 16 CDVs.

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