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Lot 33
Sale 6356 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Lots Open
Jun 18, 2025
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$366
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 3 rare CDVs featuring political cartoons incl. "The Tiger."
CDV featuring a landscape-oriented cartoon of a tiger with a man's head, the tiger's body and surroundings are sketched and the man's head is presented photographically. The title "The Tiger" is written into the cartoon. Uncredited, but with imprint on verso reading, "The last Likeness taken of The President and His Son Thaddeus." -- CDV featuring an illustrated collage of symbols including, centrally, an American flag and an unknown flag depicting a skull and crossbones surrounded by 7 stars in the canton, a palmetto tree, pelican, and alligator. Between the two flags is printed in block letters, "What it is and What is it?" Surrounding the flags are additional symbols including a liberty pole, an eagle, and others. Uncredited and uninscribed. -- CDV featuring a colorful cartoon portrait of a frog in a blue frock coat with a walking stick, titled below "The Frightened Conscript." On either side of the frog's walking stick is the word, "Canada." Uncredited and uninscribed. -- Together, 3 CDVs featuring Civil War era cartoons. Conditions vary, though generally fair.
Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey
This lot is located in Cincinnati.

