3PCS EDWIN BOOTH SIGNATURE, PRINT, AND3PCS EDWIN BOOTH SIGNATURE, PRINT, AND LETTER Three pieces of paper ephemera relating to American actor Edwin Booth, older brother of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln; first is a handwritten Shakespeare quote in the hand of Edwin Booth and signed by him, The quote is from As You Like It and says, 'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and each man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages...' Booth added below, 'From Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', signed with a flourish and dated April 20, 1887 in Denver, Colorado; the second piece is a print of a portrait done of Edwin Booth by John Singer Sargent, the print has been mounted to a board; the third piece is a handwritten poem from Thomas Bailey Aldrich (American 1836-1907), containing the second half of his poem 'Sargent's Portrait of Edwin Booth at 'The Players,' signed by the author at the bottom. Provenance: From the Private Collection of Tania Armour Becker, Atlanta, Georgia. Approximate dimensions: portrait: h. 13.25", w. 9.75"
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT A. LINCOLN(Lincoln,ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT A. LINCOLN(Lincoln, Abraham) Assassination of President A. Lincoln. [Cincinnati: Gibson & Co., 1870]. Antique lithograph depicting Lincoln at Fordês Theater as he is shot by John Wilkes Booth, entering from behind a curtain with a gun and pistol. Mary Todd Lincoln, Major Henry Rathbone, and Clara Harris stand to the side, dismayed. 10 _ x 14 _”. Minor spotting in margins.
BRUMBY CANED PORCH ROCKING CHAIR: AppalachianBRUMBY CANED PORCH ROCKING CHAIR: Appalachian Red Oak construction, signed under arm. Trivia: John F. Kennedy made his rocker famous when he installed it in the Oval Office to ease his ailing back. Jimmy Carter brought five of his Jumbos (a rocker style designed by Thomas Brumby in 1875) to Washington. Abraham Lincoln enjoyed his until the day of his assassination on April 14, 1865. He was sitting in his upholstered rocker at Ford's Theater when John Wilkes Booth fired the fatal bullet.
TWO CARTES DE VISITE: JOHN WILKES BOOTH,TWO CARTES DE VISITE: JOHN WILKES BOOTH, C. 1865 One showing the actor in a seated pose and the other reproducing an illustration of his capture; each an albumin print mounted on card; framed.
AMERICAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) JOHNAMERICAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) JOHN FREDERICK MAY (1812-1892) OIL ON BOARD: 13 3/8 X 10 7/8 IN.Framed note: John Frederick May was the attending physician to President Abraham Lincoln who performed an autopsy on and identified the body of John Wilkes Booth Oil on board: 13 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. Provenance: Descended in the family to the Honorable Henry May (1816-1866) of Baltimore, Md.; Bequeathed to his wife, Henrietta de Courcy May (1819-1918); Inherited by her son Henry May (1854-1936); Bequeathed to his son Henry Coleman de Courcy May (1888-1957); Bequest of Henry Coleman de Courcy May, 1958; Property of The Society of the Cincinnati [M.1958.064.07-.09, .11, .15, .17, .19, .20, .23, .25-.27]
HORACE GREELY SIGNATURE AND EDWIN BOOTHHORACE GREELY SIGNATURE AND EDWIN BOOTH ENGRAVING. Letter written and signed by Horace Greely on New York Tribune letterhead, dated October 31, 1867. 16.25"h. 12.25"w. And a facsimile signature of Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, below an engraving of him as Hamlet. 14"h. 11.5"w. Framed sizes.
2 ALBUMS CONTAINING MOSTLY 19TH C. AMERICANPOLITICAL2 ALBUMS CONTAINING MOSTLY 19TH C. AMERICANPOLITICAL EPHEMERA, INCLUDING CDVS AND SIGNATURES. CUT SIGNATURE ALBUM INCLUDES: WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, SIMON CAMERON, JOHN SHERMAN, HAMILTON FISH, ELIHU WASHBURN, FERNANDO WOOD, WILLIAM DENNISON, HANNIBAL HAMLIN, SALMON P. CHACE, WILLIAM H. SEWARD (ACCOMPANIED BY CDV), ALONG WITH A CIVIL WAR NAVAL DOCUMENT (DEC. 10, 1863). THE CDV ALBUM INCLUDES: WILLIAM PITT FESSENDEN, ANDREW JOHNSON, UNION GENERAL JOHN B. MAGRUDER (BY E. ANTHONY, AFTER BRADY), JAMES FISK JR., SCHYLER COLFAX, JOHN WILKES BOOTH (FROM TEAGUE’S PHOTOGRAPH ROOM, LEWISTON, ME), JOHN A. ANDREW, WENDELL PHILLIPS (WARREN’S OF BOSTON), MATTHEW MOREY (E. ANTHONY, AFTER BRADY), THURLOW WEED (SARONY, NY).
FRAMED CDV'S AND AUTOGRAPH OF EDWINFRAMED CDV'S AND AUTOGRAPH OF EDWIN BOOTH: Framed collection of CDV's of actors from the 1870's to include 1) Photograph of Edwin Booth brother of John Wilkes Booth the actor who shot Abraham Lincoln. 2) Edwin Booth autograph. 3) CDV of J. W. Hague (aka John W. Walker) and actor who acted with Booth. 4) Photograph of an unknown actress. 4) Illegibly signed letter to Hague dated Boston Nov. 1872. Framed in period frame under glass. Measures 21 1/2'' h x 18 1/4''.CONDITION: Note toning overall and water stains to mat. Not examined out of frame.
John Wilkes Booth CDV Imprinted identificationJohn Wilkes Booth CDV Imprinted identification on the carte no backmark. The original photograph is by C.D. Fredricks known as the ?top-coat? pose with Booth wearing leather gloves and a fur-lined greatcoat and one of the last shots of the famous actor before he became the infamous assassin. Condition: Light soiling and edge wear.
Two CDV's General Tom Thumb and wifeTwo CDV's General Tom Thumb and wife and John Wilkes Booth; along with a goateed man tintype 3 1/2'' h. x 3'' w.
[Political Americana - Lincolniana][Political Americana - Lincolniana] Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDVs Lot of 4 CDVs including: an illustration from the Berger photograph of Abraham Lincoln reading with his son Tad with the printed paper label of New York publisher and book jobber W.I. Pooley applied to verso advertising photos of Boston Corbett the killer of John Wilkes Booth; a cropped version of the same illustration placed inside an embossed patriotic border with the backmark of Providence publishers and gold dealers Salisbury Bro. & Co.; an illustration of President Washington welcoming President Lincoln to heaven as angels place an olive leaf crown on the latter titled Washington & Lincoln (Apotheosis) in the recto margin with artist's credit to S.J. Farris and 1865 copyright to J.A. Arthur blank on verso; and a lithographed CDV from an engraving of Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: First with missing corners chipped edges and glue residue on verso. Others very good.
[Political Americana - Lincolniana][Political Americana - Lincolniana] John Wilkes Booth and Edwin Booth CDVs Lot of 4 CDVs including: an anonymous three-quarter length photograph of John Wilkes Booth with his hand in his jacket; an anonymous illustration on a mount imprinted John Wilkes Booth The Assassin showing the devil whispering into Booth's ear as he stands just outside the presidential box at Ford's Theatre; an illustration on a mount with the recto copyright of Francis Hacker Rhode Island 1865 titled in the negative The Assassin's Vision and depicting Booth escaping Washington on horseback but seeing visions of his victim among the trees; and a photograph of John Wilkes' older brother Edwin Booth with a Brady/Anthony imprint and two cent revenue stamp on verso. The Edwin Booth CDV was purchased from a direct descendant of Lincoln's Secretary of State William Seward. Seward was seriously injured in an assassination attempt that was part of John Wilkes' conspiracy to decapitate the Union government but his brother Edwin was a Union supporter who offered condolences and befriended the Seward family in the following years. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection
[Political Americana - Lincolniana][Political Americana - Lincolniana] Booth Killed! Illustrated Newspaper Plus Lot of 3 including the Washington Weekly Chronicle of Saturday April 29 1865 with an April 27 extra in the first column announcing Booth Killed! / Harrold Captured! and featuring a fine woodcut of Booth The Assassin by J.D. Ehlers. All pages are still mourning ruled two weeks after Lincoln's death. PLUS a print titled Capture of Harrold and the Shooting of Booth in the Barn of Garath's Farm by a detachment of the 16th New York Cavalry under the Order of Col. Baker. PLUS a brick dug from the Garrett Farm site where John Wilkes Booth was shot. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection
[Civil War - Autographs] Civil War Autograph[Civil War - Autographs] Civil War Autograph Book Featuring Over 300 Officers 12mo embossed leather with gilt ''Autographs'' front spine and back gilt page edges 196pp. Includes approx. 309 autographs 1 to 5 per page from Generals to Lieutenants Infantry Cavalry Signal Corps Engineers Paymasters Surgeons even a Bandmaster and Chaplains from all over the East - OH PA NY IN MA RI CT ME IA and more. Of those who entered dates most were signed in South Carolina in the Hilton Head Beaufort and Charleston areas most in 1865 but a few into 1866. Some of the Generals include: Charles H. Van Wyck; Milton S. Littlefield; W.T. Bennett; Charles J. Stolbrand; Charles Ray Brayton (as Col. later Bvt. Brig. Gen.) and Truman Seymour who had been a member of Maj. Anderson's staff at Ft. Sumter. There are many officers of USCT units: one page has John A. Bogert Lt. Col. plus a Capt. and 3 First Lieuts. of the 103rd USCT; Ammiel J. Willard Lt. Col. 35th USCT; Augustus G. Bennett Lt. Col. 21st USCT; Stewart Woodford Col. 103rd USCT; William B. Guernsey Col. 26th USCT; W.M. Babbitt Surgeon 103rd USCT; Thomas Noble Chaplain 128th USCT; Charles Tyler Trowbridge Lt. Col. 33rd USCT and many more. Others include Edward Doherty who led the detachment that captured and killed John Wilkes Booth; Capt. Henry H. Wilson only son of Vice President (1873-1875) Henry Wilson; and Samuel W. Mason Special Correspondent N.Y. Herald. The first free endpage is missing and original owner not clear but the lot arrived with the history of Edward L. Halstead who after service in the 40th NY Vols. was commissioned into the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Condition: Some wear to outer hinges and edges; ffep missing as noted above. Overall very good.
Half portrait, possibly John W. Booth,Half portrait, possibly John W. Booth, signed lower right "Geo. F Bensell" (George Frederick Bensell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1837-1879), said to be John Wilkes Booth with copy of a letter from President Bill Patterson of the Philadelphia sketch club discussing artist and sitter; Bensell was a personal friend of Booth, oil on canvas, unframed, oval 24 x 19-3/4 in. Original stretcher, deteriorating tacking edge, three holes, abrasions, flaking primarily at edges, crackle, cupping, flaking. Private Collection.
Sergeant Boston Corbett CDV An anonymousSergeant Boston Corbett CDV An anonymous cdv portrait of Boston Corbett the man who shot John Wilkes Booth. Corbett is dressed in uniform his kepi resting to his left on a flag-draped table with a painted backdrop view of the battle between the Monitor and Merrimac. Corbett was with the 16th N.Y. Cavalry.Thomas "Boston" Corbett (1832-?1894?) was born in London England. After immigrating to the U.S. with his family he found work as a hatter in New York City. Because of his later erratic behavior some have speculated that the mercury fumes caused his later problems - "mad as a hatter" has some basis in fact.Corbett enlisted as soon as the call went out in April 1861 and became a private in Co. L 16th NY Cavalry. Captured by Mosby at Culpepper VA in June 1864 he spent 5 months at Andersonville before being exchanged and would later testify at the trial of Capt. Henry Wirz.Corbett's real "claim to fame " however is partly the result of "luck." It was the 16th NY that was sent to apprehend John Wilkes Booth on April 24 1865. Two days later Corbett's unit located Booth and Herold in a tobacco barn. Through a crack in the wall Corbett could see Booth moving and later testified that he thought Booth was going to shoot at others in the unit. So Corbett shot him in the neck through the crack in the wall. Booth died a few hours later his spinal cord damaged by the bullet.Some have claimed Booth committed suicide or that the trigger-happy Corbett shot him without cause. The autopsy showed that the shot came from a cavalry pistol effectively ruling out suicide. Whether Booth was a threat to the members of Corbett's unit is another mystery that will probably be argued for another century. Corbett did have other "incidents" later that resulted in his being declared insane in 1887 and sent to the Topeka (KS) Asylum for the Insane. He escaped shortly after and was never seen again. Some presume he moved to a cabin near Hinckley MN and is thought to have died in the Great Hinckley Fire in 1894 but no proof of that ever emerged. Condition: With penciled notes on verso.
Boston Corbett Autographed Calling CardBoston Corbett Autographed Calling Card Boston Corbett (1832-1894?). Union soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth. Calling card signed Boston Corbett. 2 x 3.25 in. Thomas ''Boston'' Corbett (1832-?1894?) was born in London England. After immigrating to the U.S. with his family he found work as a hatter in New York City. Because of his later erratic behavior some have speculated that the mercury fumes caused his later problems - ''mad as a hatter'' has some basis in fact. Corbett enlisted as soon as the call went out in April 1861 and became a private in Co. L 16th NY Cavalry. Captured by Mosby at Culpepper VA in June 1864 he spent 5 months at Andersonville before being exchanged and would later testify at the trial of Capt. Henry Wirz. Corbett's real ''claim to fame '' however is partly the result of ''luck.'' It was the 16th NY that was sent to apprehend John Wilkes Booth on April 24 1865. Two days later Corbett's unit located Booth and Herold in a tobacco barn. Through a crack in the wall Corbett could see Booth moving and later testified that he thought Booth was going to shoot at others in the unit. So Corbett shot him in the neck through the crack in the wall. Booth died a few hours later his spinal cord damaged by the bullet. Some have claimed Booth committed suicide or that the trigger-happy Corbett shot him without cause. The autopsy showed that the shot came from a cavalry pistol effectively ruling out suicide. Whether Booth was a threat to the members of Corbett's unit is another mystery that will probably be argued for another century. Corbett did have other ''incidents'' later that resulted in his being declared insane in 1887 and sent to the Topeka (KS) Asylum for the Insane. He escaped shortly after and was never seen again. Some presume he moved to a cabin near Hinckley MN and is thought to have died in the Great Hinckley Fire in 1894 but no proof of that ever emerged. Condition: Penciled notes along bottom edge of card.