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Edwin Booth silver locket with portrait of Junius Brutus Booth

Title: Edwin Booth silver locket with portrait of Junius Brutus Booth
Description: Sterling silver locket with paste stones circling an albumen photographic portrait of his father Junius Brutus Booth, worn by Edwin Booth when he performed the title role in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Locket is suspended from a lengthy and heavy base metal chain.
Date Created: 1860 - 1880 (Approximate)
Multiple mediums: sterling silver, base metal, paste stones, albumen photographic print; sterling silver; base metal; albumen prints
Who owns the work, where it's held: New York Public Library Billy Rose Theatre Division
Contains "mixed media" as identifier in open access repository: Yes
Open access repository information: NYPL Digital Collections; https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9cfa9c08-d878-2c69-e040-e00a18066dea

Item sets: Visualizing Mixed Media Materials within Open Access Repositories

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