[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Collection of glass negatives featuring Civil War officers and other subjects.

A collection of approx. 24 glass plate negatives, most approx. 3 x 4 in. or smaller, likely later copies of original negatives by wartime photographers like Mathew Brady, etc. Includes:

8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. glass negative featuring the execution of Andersonville Commandant Henry Wirz. -- Smaller portraiture including subjects: 11th New York Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Spencer H. Stafford. -- 11th new York Cavalry Colonel James B. Swain. -- 68th New York Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Albert von Steinhausen. -- 9th New York Infantry Colonel Rush C. Hawkins. -- 24th new York Infantry Colonel Timothy Sullivan. -- General Julius Stahel. -- General Henry W. Slocum. -- CSA General Joseph Wheeler. -- CSA General James F. Fagan. -- CSA General Roswell S. Ripley. -- And many others, including non-military or non-Civil War subjects such as George and Martha Washington, Horace Greeley, and British statesman the Earl of Derby. -- Together, 24 individual plates.

Property of Kris and Alicia Huffman, SuddElle Farms at Clover Hill, Lenoir, North Carolina

Condition generally good.

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Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.

American Historical Ephemera and Photography

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Collection of glass negatives featuring Civil War officers and other subjects.

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