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Lot 44

[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype featuring a cavalryman on horseback in front of a large tent.
Sale 1344 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
May 31, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,000 - 1,500
Price Realized
$1,207
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype featuring a cavalryman on horseback in front of a large tent.
Quarter plate tintype outdoor portrait of a mounted soldier with a full beard and mustache, wearing gauntlets and a German saber on his belt. (Few minor imperfections to plate including small splotches of discoloration to upper right, spotting to mat; unsealed.) Housed in a leatherette case.

The horse is fitted with double reins and what appears to be a heart-shaped martingale plate.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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