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Title	Edwin Forrest
Description	12 1/2x9 cm oil painting. An oval portrait of Edwin Forrest. Edwin Forrest, 1806-1872. One of the most famous American actors of his time. His competition with a fellow actor, William Charles Macready, led to a riot at the Astor Place Opera House in 1849
Date	1770/1920
Subject	Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872; Actors
Type	Image
Genre	Oil paintings; Portraits
Identifier	cg430n0239
Source	Is found in Cage 430, Butler Collection of Theatrical Illustrations http://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg430.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) http://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Digitization	Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries.
Language	English
Publisher	Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Rights	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes	No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
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