[MEXICAN WAR]. Quarter plate hand-tinted daguerreotype of a militiaman wearing a wheel cap and holding a militia officer's sword.
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$1,200 -
$1,600
Sold for $1,512
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[MEXICAN WAR]. Quarter plate hand-tinted daguerreotype of a militiaman wearing a wheel cap and holding a militia officer's sword.
Seated portrait of a long-haired young militia junior officer in bold blue-tinted blue dress uniform with bullion epaulettes, round tongue and wreath belt plate, and Model 1839 wheel cap with light-colored wide band. He holds a straight-bladed eagle head militia officer's sword with a high-relief cast quillon. (Tarnishing along edge, some wiping and spotting throughout image, spotting to mat, no preserver present; resealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, significant exterior wear, discoloration to satin pad). An arresting Mexican War-era image.
Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon
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