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Lot 34
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
Lots 1-296
Jun 21, 2022
10:00AM ET
Lots 297-560
Jun 22, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MILITARIA]. Quarter plate daguerreotype of armed English officer.
Quarter plate hand-tinted daguerreotype. (Great clarity, tarnishing to edges.) Housed in a full leatherette case with wear/loss.
Subject sits with his arm and plumed helmet on the table next to him while holding his 1821 cavalry officer's saber with the other arm. His epaulettes, collar devices, buttons, sleeve braiding, 2-piece lion's head buckle, and sword guard are highlighted gold.