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Lot 38

Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 - 500
Price Realized
$284
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate copy tintype of a fully equipped infantry private with military backdrop.


Sixth plate copy tintype of a fully equipped federal infantry private with intense gaze, posed before a painted military backdrop.

Sixth plate copy tintype portrait of a fully equipped federal infantry private armed with a belt knife, musket, and bayonet. (Significant surface scratches/crackling that becomes very visible in raking light, minor spotting to image, spotting to preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (surface wear). The subject wears a 4-button sack coat and leather accoutrements, and poses in front of a painted backdrop featuring mountains, tents, and part of an American flag. The mat from the original image is visible. 

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