American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Seated portrait of Hannibal Hamlin (few spots/marks). Washington, DC: Philp & Solomons. Verso bears pictorial imprint of Alex Gardner's galleries with publishing credit to Philp & Solomons. -- Standing portrait of General Rufus King of the famed "Iron Brigade" (few spots, some soiling and light wear to edges).New York: Brady. Ink identified on image, with inscriptions on verso including "Brig Gen King now Minister to Rome" and "Comd'g Div. at Centreville Va. July 1863 to Nov. 1863." Brady's imprints on recto and verso. -- Oval image of double amputee Alfred Stratton, Company G, 147th New York (soiling, wear to edges). N.p., n.d. Stratton lost both of his arms to friendly fire at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. -- Vignetted portrait of Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln (toning, light spotting). New York: E. Anthony, 1862. Caption and copyright information printed to mount recto, with Anthony publishing credit and Brady negative credit to verso. -- Unmounted albumen view of McClellan's Battery at Yorktown (unmounted, some toning/discoloration, minor creasing). Uncredited, but known to have been captured by Brady. Verso bears pencil inscriptions including "Salient 30 ft relief - Yorktown." -- Outdoor portrait of an aged officer atop a horse (significant toning, spotting, soiling, wear to edges). New Bedford, MA: Bierstadt Brothers, n.d. -- And 3 other CDVs of male subjects. -- Together 9 CDVs.

5 x 8 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount (significant toning, some spotting/soiling, image quite blurred, wear to edges and corners). Uncredited. Portrait of a soldier wearing a Model 1851 sword belt with cap pouch, holding a revolver across his torso with one hand and a sword with the other.