Sold for $750

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Lot Description

[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype of two officers from Pennsylvania.

Quarter plate portrait of two officers seated before a painted backdrop, each holding his cap in his lap. (Good clarity, few blemishes to edges; unsealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case (surface wear). Visible on the cap of the bearded officer on the left is a bugle insignia with an indiscernible character below, possibly an "I." The officer on the right is undoubtedly a company level second lieutenant, based on his shoulder straps.

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