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Lot 484
Sale 6319 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography
May 1, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$600 -
800
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$360
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Lot Description
[SEWARD, William H. (1801-1872)]. 3 CDVs including Secretary Seward's Diplomatic Party, At Trenton High Falls, N. Y. Utica, NY: W. J. Baker, 1863.
Outdoor CDV featuring a group of 12 men posed before a waterfall (toning, light wear). Utica, NY: W. J. Baker, 1863. Photographer's copyright on mount recto. Verso with printed image title and subject list corresponding with inked and printed numerals next to each subject in photograph. 11 of the subjects are identified, as follows: 1. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State. 2. Baron De Stoeckel, Russian Minister. 3. M. Molena, Nicaraguan Minister. 4. Lord Lyons, British Minister. 5. M. Mercier, French Minister. 6. M. Schieden, Hanseatic Minister. 7. M. Bertenatti, Italian Minister. 8. Count Piper, Swedish Minister. 9. M. Bodiseo, Sec. Russian Legation. 10. Mr. Sheffield, Attache British Legation. 11. Mr. Donaldson, Mess. State Dep. U. S. -- Vignetted bust portrait of Seward looking just off-camera, surrounded by oval border (toning, spotting, small holes, wear to edges/corners). Boston: J. W. Black, n.d. "Hon. Wm. H. Seward" printed in miniscule type beneath image. Photographer's imprint to mount recto. -- Seated profile portrait of Seward as an older man, holding a top hat and walking stick in his lap (rich tonality, light wear to mount). New York: E. & H. T. Anthony, n.d. Ink identification to mount recto. Anthony/Brady imprint to verso. -- Together, 3 CDVs.
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