[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ambrotype of young Union soldier holding rifle with fixed bayonet.
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$938
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ambrotype of young Union soldier holding rifle with fixed bayonet.
Sixth plate hand-tinted ambrotype. (Light spotting, perimeter somewhat darkened.) Housed in patriotic pressed paper case, Eagle in Flight [Berg 4-25] (hinge split and rebacked, chips to edges).
A young soldier wears a tall hat and his bayonetted rifle while looking directly at the camera. Taken in a studio setting and expertly hand-tinted.
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