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Lot 643
[CIVIL WAR]. Cabinet photograph of a GAR veteran with CDV. Ex Julian Converse Collection. 
Sale 1194 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
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Jun 26, 2023
Lots Close
Jul 7, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$200 - 400
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[CIVIL WAR]. Cabinet photograph of a GAR veteran with CDV. Ex Julian Converse Collection. 

3 1/2 x 6 3/16 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount (soiling, staining, creasing, wear to print; mount with pinholes, soiling, staining, and possible clipping to edges and corners). N.p., n.d. Ink inscribed on mount recto, "Quarter Master Post 53 G.A.R."  Full standing portrait of a veteran in long coat and hat, posed Napoleonically, and wearing a GAR badge. -- 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. CDV on cardstock mount (heavily toned, with spotting and clipping to all edges and corners). N.p., n.d. Pencil inscribed to verso "Eddie Lazelle." Features an aristocratic-looking soldier sewing a large fabric item. -- Together, 2 photographs of soldiers. 

Provenance: Ex Julian Converse Collection (Letter to Mr. Converse from Ballard's Antiques mentioning the enclosure of "two photographs," dated 21 April 1959.)
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the Inventory of James C. Frasca
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