Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Portrait of American Stage Actor Joseph Jefferson Dressed as Old Rip Van Winkle Taken by Napoleon Sarony (1869)


Portrait of American stage actor Joseph Jefferson dressed as old Rip Van Winkle by Napoleon Sarony, 1869. From an edition of the book Rip Van Winkle A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains by Washington Irving published in 1871.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

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Portrait of Confederate Soldier Henry Howe Cook (1861)


Portrait of Confederate soldier Henry Howe Cook, April 1861. He served with Company D of the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment and Company F of the 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Carte De Visite Portrait of John Wilkes Booth With His Right Hand on a Book


Cropped tintype version which has a sharper look.

Carte de visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth with his right hand on a book. By George Godfrey of Rochester according to tintype version auction entry.

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