Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin.
Call Number
D North 55/GC131/Box 01/Small/19th c./American/Artists A-I GA 2014.00046
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcbz60d869d
Date Created
1865
Extent
1 item ; sheet 13 x 10.4 cm [mount]. sheet 6.8 x 5.3 cm (photograph].
Source Acquisition
Gift of Donald Farren, Princeton Class of 1958, 2014.
References
Gutman. Booth himself, plate 30.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Item description: Portrait of Booth altered after Lincoln's assassination to include double exposure image of the devil whispering into Booth's ear.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e89cadfd-9d74-4b36-8642-6a0f1f5c7bf5/manifest