[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype of a triple-armed private wearing a knitted smoking cap.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$500
Sold for $473
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype of a triple-armed private wearing a knitted smoking cap.
Quarter plate tintype full standing portrait of a young private wearing a state issue shell jacket with cloth epaulettes, likely a midwesterner. (Scratches to plate, including around mat opening, spotting, and other imperfections throughout, oxidation to mat and preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (significant wear including separation to top and bottom edges of case and holes drilled at corners of both covers). The subject wears a fez-like knitted smoking cap and is armed with what appears to be a P53 Enfield rifle, a belted Smith & Wesson No. 2 revolver, and a Bowie knife held in a scabbard.
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