Laura Keene

c. 1863

Thomas Rice Burnham

Artist, American, 1834 - 1893

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 9.3 × 5.9 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
    mount: 10.7 × 6.2 cm (4 3/16 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.12.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: A057; upper center: LAURA KEENE / Actress on stage when / Lincoln shot at Ford's Thea[ter]; center printed in black ink: T. R. BURNHAM, / PHOTOGRAPHER. / 247 / WASHINGTON STREET. / BOSTON.

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