JOHN BARRYMORE Stage & Cinema Acting Legend Hamlet 1922 Cabinet Card Drama for Sale

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JOHN BARRYMORE Stage & Cinema Acting Legend Hamlet 1922 Cabinet Card Drama For Sale

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JOHN BARRYMORE Stage & Cinema Acting Legend Hamlet 1922 Cabinet Card Drama:
$12.99

Handmade historical reproduction Cabinet Card photograph of John Barrymore. The photograph is a Fujifilm Archival Quality Matte Print from the original image. Each card has a short bio on the reverse which makes it useful as a history teaching tool in addition to interesting, enjoyable and informative art. Includes a copy of Barrymore\'s genuine autograph.

From the brief Back Bio -

John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942)was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly attempted a career as an artist, but appeared on stage together with his father Maurice in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following year. He began his career in 1903 and first gained attention as a stage actor in light comedy, then high drama, culminating in productions of Justice (1916), Richard III (1920) and Hamlet (1922); his portrayal of Hamlet led to him being called the \"greatest living American tragedian\".

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The cabinet card was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture from the 1860’s through the early part of the 20th Century.
It consisted of a thin albumen photographic paper print mounted on a card typically measuring 4¼ by 6½ inches (108 by 165 mm). They are often confused with Carte de Visité (CDV), a similar but smaller format introduced around 1854 in France. CDV’s were very popular during the American Civil War. They tended to be much smaller in a standard 2-1/2\" x 4\" format.
“Cabinet Card” portraits were often presented and exchanged by individuals of position, and social standing. They came to often replace the “calling card” as a currency of social exchange and introduction.They were often kept and displayed in glass “cabinets” to demonstrate acquaintance or connection in some way with the notables pictured in the portraits.