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Lot 410
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$200 -
300
Price Realized
$438
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MILITARIA]. Half plate daguerreotype of French infantry officer. Ca 1850s.
Half plate daguerreotype. (Tarnishing to perimeter.) Housed in black and gilt frame with glass (resealed).
A portrait of seated French infantry officer from the Crimean War era. He is seated wearing his long uniform coat with large epaulettes. A sword or edged weapon appears to hang from his belt. His shako rests upon the table bearing a "1" and an unidentified hat badge.
Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography