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Lot 374
[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate hand-colored tintype of a Zouave officer posed with his sword. 
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$600 - 800
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$1,625
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[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate hand-colored tintype of a Zouave officer posed with his sword. 

Sixth plate tintype standing portrait of a Zouave officer featuring fine hand tinting. (Minor softening to image focus, with spotting to preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a floral Union case, Grapes and Grapevine [Berg 2-26] (general wear including nicking and surface soiling throughout). The anonymous company grade officer poses holding the grip of his M1850 Foot Officer's sword in one hand and sporting gold-highlighted shoulder straps from an undocumented Zouave unit, a distinctive jacket with a solid row of gold-highlighted ball buttons all the way around the edge of the uniform, and the typical fez and baggy trousers associated with the Zouave costume. 

The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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