Junius Brutus Booth collection, [19--?-ongoing].

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Junius Brutus Booth collection, [19--?-ongoing].

Collection contains photograph and print and drawing files.

2 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7495475

Museum of Performance & Design

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Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852

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Junius Brutus Booth (1 May 1796 – 30 November 1852) was a 19th century English stage actor. He was the father of actor John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. His other children included Edwin Booth, the foremost tragedian of the mid-to-late 19th century, Junius Brutus Booth Jr., an actor and theatre manager, and Asia Booth Clarke, a poet and writer. Booth was born in St. Pancras, London, Great Britain, the son of Richard Booth, a lawyer and avid supporter of the Am...