CDV OF BOSTON CORBETT, THE MAN WHO SHOT JOHN WILKES BOOTH

CDV OF BOSTON CORBETT, THE MAN WHO SHOT JOHN WILKES BOOTH

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This is a nice view of Corbett in three-quarter seated view, resting one arm on a side table. He wears civilian clothes. His mustache, stringy goatee, and slick combed hair in full display.

The image has good clarity and contrast. The mount features the typical single rule printed around the outer edge and is untrimmed. The reverse has printed photographer backmark at center: “WESTLEY / ARTIST, / 855 / EIGHTH AVENUE, / Near 28th St. / N. Y.” all within a shield outline. Some very light staining on mount.

Thomas H. "Boston" Corbett (1832-circa 1894) was a Union soldier who served in Company "I" of the 12th NY Militia as well as in Company "L" of the 16th NY Cavalry Regiment. As the man who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, Sergeant Boston Corbett should have been a wildly popular celebrity in the postwar North. His religious fanaticism, however, alienated nearly all with whom he came in contact. He later died while on the run after escaping from an insane asylum. It is believed that he died in the Great Hinckley Fire on September 1, 1894.

A good image of an important historic figure.  [jet][ph:L]

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