Albumen carte de visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth, shown seated with cane in hand and wearing a fitted jacket and patterned waistcoat. The printed caption beneath the image reads “J. Wilkes Booth.” Booth appears in a composed studio pose typical of the period, reflecting his career as a stage actor before the events that made him infamous.

John Wilkes Booth was an American actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.

The reverse bears a manuscript identification reading “John Wilkes Booth.”

CDV portraits of Booth were widely collected in the late 19th century due to the historical significance of the Lincoln assassination.