[CIVIL WAR]. Half plate tintype of four Union officers posed with their female companions, descended directly in the family of Hannibal Hamlin.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
400
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Half plate tintype of four Union officers posed with their female companions, descended directly in the family of Hannibal Hamlin.
4 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. loose tintype portrait of a group of eight men and women, including 4 officers in uniform including a captain and a second lieutenant. The officer seated to the viewer's left wears an X Corps badge on his jacket, and the officer seated to the right wears a single star on each side of his collar. The group appears to be attending a formal event, as the men appear to wear boutonnieres on their jackets.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Descended Directly in the Family of Hannibal Hamlin
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