[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype of triple-armed Union cavalryman. N.p.: n.p., [1860s].
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype of triple-armed Union cavalryman. N.p.: n.p., [1860s].
Quarter plate hand-gilt tintype. (A bit soft focus.) Housed in full pressed paper case (some tarnishing to brass mat, hinge rebacked).
A full-length portrait of an unidentified triple-armed cavalryman with
two belted Colt pistols and a cavalry saber. The brass shoulder scales suggest an early war date with an eastern state orientation.
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