[CIVIL WAR]. Ninth plate tintype featuring an armed federal infantryman in full kit.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$500
Sold for $567
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Ninth plate tintype featuring an armed federal infantryman in full kit.
Ninth plate tintype seated portrait of a Union infantry private armed with a bowie knife and revolver. (Clouding/tarnishing around subject, with surface mottling to lower portion; unsealed.) Housed in a Union case (soiling, nicking to edges and raised surfaces). The subject wears a frock coat, Hardee Hat, cartridge box with sling, and a belt rig including oval "US" plate and cap pouch. His hat insignia, shoulder scales, buttons, breast plate, belt plate, and one rivet in his knife are all highlighted in gold.
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