[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 12 CDVs including Union Generals, comprising:
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$500 -
$700
Sold for $1,125
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 12 CDVs including Union Generals, comprising:
Ulysses S. Grant. New York: Anthony, n.d. -- J.B. McPherson. Vicksburg, MS: Barr & Young, Army Photographers, n.d. (blue markings top and bottom left corners). -- Quincy Gillmore. New York: C.D. Fredericks, & Co., n.d. -- Robert Anderson. New York: Gurney, Roorbach, n.d. (trimmed left edge). -- William F. Smith. New York: Brady, Anthony, n.d. -- Edwin V. Sumner. New York: Brady, Anthony, 1862. -- George B. McClellan & Staff. New York: Brady, Anthony, 1861. -- Philip Kearny. No backmark. -- Daniel Butterfield. No backmark.
[With:] CDV of Ulysses S. Grant posed in a studio setting with his wife and children. No backmark (adhesive residue on verso). -- CDV of Massachusetts politician and orator Edward Everett. -- CDV bust portrait of unidentified male. Rochester, NY: Hovey & Hartman, n.d.
Together, 12 CDVs, 10 of which feature Union generals. Some images with light soil and toning, but most condition generally good.
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