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Lot 28
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$252
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[TEXAS]. A group of 5 cabinet cards featuring Texas governors, and other notables, including:
Vignetted bust portrait of Texas Attorney General and 1892 gubernatorial candidate, George Clark. Waco, TX: Deane, n.d. Verso with ink identification and note reading, "Recd from him October 3 - 1892." Photographer's imprint on mount recto. -- Half portrait of 17th Governor of Texas from 1879-1883, Oran Milo Roberts. Austin, TX: H.R. Marks, n.d. Mount recto with ink identification. Photographer's imprint on verso. -- 2 half portraits of 15th Governor of Texas from 1874-1876, Richard Coke. Washington, DC: C.M. Bell, n.d. Mount recto with ink identification. Photographer's imprints on recto and verso. -- Illustrated portrait of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas (and subsequent state of Texas) from 1841-1858, John Hemphill. Austin, TX: S.B. Hill. Photographer's imprint, ink identification, and later pencil inscriptions on verso. -- Together, 5 cabinet cards, each 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. or larger, on cardstock mounts. Conditions generally fair, with some toning, soiling, and wear to edges and corners present in most to varying degrees.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.



