American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

Ninth plate ruby ambrotype half portrait of an antebellum New England militiaman with light tinting to cheeks. (Good clarity; unsealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case (general wear with some surface loss). The casual militiaman sports "un-done" dress, including a militia version of the common M1851 shako with tilted pompom, loose leather chin strap, and the letter "A" affixed beneath eagle insignia. His frock coat is fitted with two-tone cloth epaulettes, and he holds a cheroot in his mouth while grasping an unidentified object in one hand, lifting it up in front of him for the camera.