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Lot Description

[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate ambrotype of a pair of men, possibly naval subjects.

Standing portrait of two men posed familiarly and dressed alike. Both wear light-colored shirts with dark cravats and trousers, and sport long, gold-highlighted watch chains. (Image appears somewhat overexposed, making the torsos of the men difficult to discern, some spotting and minor imperfections throughout; unsealed.) Housed in a Union case (loss, breakage, and separation to parts of case, non-functioning closure).

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