1 / 11
Click To Zoom
Lot 277
[CIVIL WAR]. A group of engravings presenting scenes and subjects mostly related to enslavement and the Civil War.
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$2,858
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. A group of engravings presenting scenes and subjects mostly related to enslavement and the Civil War.

The Fort Pillow Massacre. Chicago, IL: Kurz & Allison, 1892. 27 1/4 x 20 in. (including margins) chromolithograph mounted on linen (toning, restoration/repairs to margins). -- 3 engravings by J.C. Buttre, New York, including: Confederate Generals, Eminent Opponents of the Slave Power, and Confederate Chieftains. 1864. 6 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. engravings (toning, edge wear to each). -- Entrance of the Fifty-Fifth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment into Charleston, Feb. 21 1865. N.p., n.d. 9 x 5 3/4 in. engraving (toning). -- J.C. Calhoun. N.p.: Edwards, eng., n.d. 6 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. engraving after daguerreotype by Mathew Brady. -- Battle of Bunker's Hill. New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1866. 7 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. engraving including armed African American at lower right (light toning to margins).

[With:] 13 illustrations depicting subject matter relative to enslavement, abolition, and African American troops, each removed from mid-to-late 19th century publications, including Harper's Weekly and Illustrated London News (toning, occasional soiling, chipping and loss to edges).

Together, approx. 20 engravings and magazine illustrations.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition Report
Auction Specialist
Search