Lot 724
[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 4 ninth plate ambrotype and tintype portraits of soldiers, housed together in a Union case, comprising:
Sale 1096 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2022
Lots Close
Nov 21, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 - $600

Sold for $281

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 4 ninth plate ambrotype and tintype portraits of soldiers, housed together in a Union case, comprising:

Seated ambrotype portrait of an officer wearing a nine-button frock coat and gold-highlighted epaulettes. (Few minor surface blemishes; unsealed.) -- Seated titype portrait of a soldier wearing his frock coat, hat, and a ring on his pinky finger. (Few minor surface blemishes; unsealed.) -- Seated tintype portrait of a mustachioed private wearing his frock coat and looking intently into the camera. (Some darkening, very few blemishes; unsealed.) -- Ambrotype seated portrait of a vaguely military-looking lad, wearing a large cravat tied in a bow. (Few surface scratches; unsealed.) -- Together, 4 ninth plate portraits of soldiers all housed together in a double ninth plate Union case, A Family Party [Berg 1-49] (light chipping to edges). 
 
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
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