[CIVIL WAR] -- [DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889)]. Ninth plate ruby ambrotype.
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$800 -
1,200
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$1,125
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR] -- [DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889)]. Ninth plate ruby ambrotype.
Ninth plate hand-tinted ruby ambrotype. (Some tarnishing to perimeter, some lost of contrast, probably a period copy image.) Housed in gilt pressed paper case (hinge split, minor wear to extremities).
A bust-length portrait of Davis, his cheeks delicately tinted pink. Possibly produced as a campaign image.
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