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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