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Lot 477

[CIVIL WAR]. 8 framed prints related to Libby Prison, Andersonville, and the trial of Henry Wirz.
Sale 1345 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online
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Jun 19, 2024
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Jul 2, 2024
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[CIVIL WAR]. 8 framed prints related to Libby Prison, Andersonville, and the trial of Henry Wirz.


Printed pictorial advertisement for the Libby Prison War Museum in Chicago, IL. Chicago: Columbia Litho. Co., ca 1889. Framed to 8 77/8 x 6 5/8 in. (heavy wear, separations, adhesive residue and discoloration, losses, not examined out of the frame). Text below illustration of the museum reads, "Removed from Richmond, Va., to Chicago, in 1889. / Now Open For Exhibition...Open daily, Sunday included, from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m."

Printed illustration of "Libby Prison," as it Appeared August 23, 1863. Richmond, VA: J. L. Barlow, ca 1882. Framed to 12 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (some toning, wear, not examined out of the frame).

DE LA BAUME, Felix, artist. Lithograph. Andersonville Prison Stockade and Hospital. (Let Us Forgive, But Not Forget). Minonk, IL: John W. January, ca 1865. Framed to 33 3/8 x 25 1/4 in. (toning, few creases and separations visible to upper portion, not examined out of the frame). Graphic illustration of the horrors of Andersonville Prison camp with a numbered legend identifying 49 Union soldiers and officers imprisoned at "that Horrible Slaughter Pen."

KLAPP, Al. Jer., artist. Colored lithograph, The Andersonville Stockade. Signed in the print, bottom left, "Al. Jer. Klapp, 1903." Framed to 30 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. This illustration was used for the dust jacket of John McElroy's This Was Andersonville.

And 4 others. Together, 8 framed imprints.

[With:] 3 photocopied reproductions of Andersonville Prison as it Appeared August 1st 1864 When it Contained 35,000 Prisoners of War Drawn from Memory by Thomas O'Dea. Late Private. Co. E. 16th Regt. Maine Inf. Vols. Each approx. 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Property from the Estate of Amelia and Aubrey Abramson, Sunnyvale, California
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