ACTOR PORTRAIT: GUSTAVUS BROOKE)

G. V. Brook.

Boston. F. Gleason. 04-03- 1852.
Single issue of the illustrated newspaper 15 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches; pp. 211-224 (16 pp); chipping to spine and light toning along bottom edge, short tear on bottom edge. Newspaper features a black and white full page wood engraving of actor G. V. Brooke in the role of Hamlet, with accompanying text. Additional pictorial material on Gleason's new Boston headquarters and a full-page illustration of its founder. Good clean condition, with some light time-toning in margins. An attractive study of the Irish-born actor whose talent was widely esteemed in America, England, and Australia. Item #53778

Price: $35.00