Waist-length portrait of the actress, seated, wearing flowers in her hair., In Frank Leslie’s illustrated newspaper, vol. 3, no. 53 (Dec. 3, 1856), p. 32., Laura Keene was a popular actress and theater manager, best known for acting in the production of Our American Cousin on the night of President Lincoln’s assassination., Another portrait appears in: Frank Leslie’s illustrated newspaper, vol. 4, no. 103 (Nov. 21, 1857), p. 397.
Playbill for Our American cousin the night of Lincoln's assassination., Library Company copy imperfect: wanting all before "Season II."; inscribed: This programme was picked up by me in the private box of Mr. Lincoln, on the night of the assassination. F.L. Sarmiento; originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB Wash Ford 1865 5792.F.95b (McAllister)