Civil War -- Sanitary Commission
A group portrait of members of the Sanitary Fair Executive Committee.
A group portrait of members of the Sanitary Fair Executive Committee.
Sale 2112 - Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Oct 24, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Lot Description
Civil War -- Sanitary Commission
A group portrait of members of the Sanitary Fair Executive Committee.
A group portrait of members of the Sanitary Fair Executive Committee.
12 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. salt print on 13 x 10 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Uncredited. Mount verso bears applied typewritten paper label reading, "Sanitary Fair Committees, 12 copies."
The portrait features 11 men, with four sitting in the front row and 7 standing in the back row. Among the subjects are New York City Mayor William Hull Wickham (1832-1893) and lawyer and diplomat Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917).
The only other example of this print we have located is part of the Medford Historical Society Civil War Photograph Collection at the Medford Historical Society and Museum in Massachusetts.
The United States Sanitary Commission, created in June of 1861, was purposed to support US Army soldiers during the Civil War, especially with their growing sanitary needs including medicine and other hospital supplies. From 1863-1865, the primary means of fundraising for the USSC was hosting "sanitary fairs" in northern cities, by which local communities could get involved and contribute to the war effort.
The portrait features 11 men, with four sitting in the front row and 7 standing in the back row. Among the subjects are New York City Mayor William Hull Wickham (1832-1893) and lawyer and diplomat Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917).
The only other example of this print we have located is part of the Medford Historical Society Civil War Photograph Collection at the Medford Historical Society and Museum in Massachusetts.
The United States Sanitary Commission, created in June of 1861, was purposed to support US Army soldiers during the Civil War, especially with their growing sanitary needs including medicine and other hospital supplies. From 1863-1865, the primary means of fundraising for the USSC was hosting "sanitary fairs" in northern cities, by which local communities could get involved and contribute to the war effort.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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