America's Oldest · Founded 1808
Historic Photo Gallery · 1850 to 1899

1861

Mathew B. Brady, noted portrait and Civil War photographer, captured Edwin Forrest in some of his most notable roles in a photo shoot circa 1861. Here he portrays King Lear. (Photographs courtesy of The Lillian Booth Actors' Home of The Actors' Fund.)

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