[CIVIL WAR]. 20 CDVs featuring antebellum & war-era politicians and statesmen, including:
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $536
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. 20 CDVs featuring antebellum & war-era politicians and statesmen, including:
Senate, Thirty-Sixth US Congress. New York, NY: M.B. Brady, ca 1859-1861. CDV, composite view of the US senators that served on the eve of the Civil War, incl. Jefferson Davis (trimmed corners).
[With:] CDVs of the following subjects (including photographs from life and images of engravings/lithographs): Daniel Webster (2). -- Salmon P. Chase (2). -- Charles Sumner (2), one credited to Brady/Anthony, New York, the other credited to Warren, Boston. -- Jeremiah Black (2), one credited to Brady/Anthony, New York, the other credited to Anderson, New York. -- Lemuel Shaw (1), credited to Warren, Boston. -- William Evarts (1). -- Edward Everett (2), one credited to Brady/Anthony, New York, the other credited to Black & Case, Boston. -- Henry Wilson (1), credited to Black & Case, Boston. -- Clement Vallandigham (1). -- Cassius M. Clay (1). -- Lyman Trumbull (1), credited to Brady, Washington, DC. -- Reuben Fenton (1), credited to J. Gurney & Son, New York. -- Richard W. Thompson (1), credited to Brady, Washington, DC. -- Albert Gallatin (1), credited to Brady, New York.
Together, 20 CDVs, 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 in., or smaller, on cardstock mounts. Condition generally good to very good. Some with toning, soiling, and corner/edge wear to mounts. Each with ink stamp of "Henry Y. Porter" on verso.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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