Lot 457
[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ambrotype featuring a young Confederate officer.
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$500 -
700
Price Realized
$1,197
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ambrotype featuring a young Confederate officer.
Seated portrait of a southern officer wearing a double breasted frock coat with Austrian knots and a single collar badge indicating a rank of second lieutenant. (Image plate fully separated in two along a vertical crack to left side of subject's face, scattered abrasions with loss; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (nearly fully separated at spine with old repair).
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