JWB photo - yes or no?

[STS Lincolnite]

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/maill...-25/262835

I am always skeptical about unknown (or largely unknown) photos of Booth or Lincoln. I have seen so many spurious claims. That said, with a quick look (which is all I have had time to give this image having the link just sent to me via email), I think this one has a higher possibility of being legit. Nothing right of the bat told me it's not him.

Apparently, this was once in the collection of Josephine Cobb, formerly of the National Archives. It was she who zoomed in and found Lincoln seated on the platform at Gettysburg.

So friends, what do you think? Is this JWB or not?

[J. Beckert]

It's a hard no from me.

[RJNorton]

I second Joe.

[AussieMick]

The problem for me is that once I start leaning to say yes or no ... I cannot stop convincing myself in that direction.
I lean towards 'yes'. The man's right eye seems like other images of Booth ... it appears to me that it is looking in a slightly different direction to the left. Also the ear is on the side of the head ... LOL ... yes, as usual.
But there does seem a similarity with Booth's ear (when shown) in other images.

[Steve]

The man is not Booth. I'll admit he has some resemblance to Booth. But I compared the man's left ear to the shape of Booth's left ear in known photographs of Booth and the man's ears are shaped too differently to be the same person.

[RJNorton]

Many thanks to Scott for sending this image so folks can see the "is it Booth" alongside JWB.

[AussieMick]

Hmm. The nose does seem totally different. Using my tablet I zoomed in and they are different to my old eyes. The chin is wrong too.