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Lot 881

Sale 961 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2021 10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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$300 - 400
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$563
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[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 6 CDVs of unidentified Navy officers, comprising: 


Three-quarter standing portrait of a probable lieutenant commander (1862) wearing dress epaulettes instead of shoulder straps. N.p.: N.p., n.d. Misidentified on verso as "Gen Thomas" -- Full-length portrait of Brown Water Navy ensign wearing a plain frock coat with wreath only on cap. Vicksburg, MS: Joslyn, Smith & Co., n.d. -- Full-length portrait of a casual standing boatswain or warrant officer (1864) in straw sennit hat cradling sword. He wears white warm weather trousers. New Orleans, LA: Washburn, n.d. Imprint to verso. -- A crisp view of an intermediate-ranking officer showing four narrow stripes on the cuffs. Four stripes indicate a captain under the 1866 regulations although the requisite star is missing on the cuffs of this pensive-looking officer. Cairo, IL: Parker's City Gallery. Imprint to verso with canceled green 3-cent revenue stamp. Period ink inscription on verso only partially readable, a name perhaps  followed by "...of U.S.N." -- Full-length portrait of a junior officer, probably an ensign (1862 Regulations), posed menacingly with sword out of scabbard against an elaborate painted backdrop. St. Louis, MO: T. Harry Hughes, n.d. Imprint to verso. -- Early three-quarter portrait of a master (1852 Regulations) indicated by the plain shoulder straps and intersecting three buttons (horizontal and vertical) on the cuffs. His undress cap is cradled underneath his arm. Philipsburg, PA: J. Haines, n.d. Imprint of the landlocked photographer to verso. -- Together, 6 albumen CDVs on cardstock mounts. Conditon generally G+. with moderate wear, one with clipped corners. The outsized probable lieutenant commander showing heavier mount wear and rounded corners.


The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection

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