[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype of a Civil War drummer and fifer, each wearing a Model 1840 musician's sword.
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$2,000 -
$3,000
Sold for $3,780
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype of a Civil War drummer and fifer, each wearing a Model 1840 musician's sword.
Standing portrait of a pair of young musicians, one holding a fife and the other wearing a regulation painted eagle drum and holding drumsticks against its head. Both wear 4-button sack coats and Model 1840 musician's swords. (Very few minor imperfections to plate.) Housed in a pressed paper case. The subjects' countenances convey a fresh off the farm innocent as yet undisturbed by the horrors of war. Some details highlighted in gold and hand-tinted in red.
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