[CIVIL WAR]. 15 CDVs & cabinet cards, incl. Lincoln, his generals, Tom Thumb, & other personalities.
Sale 1345 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online
Lots Open
Jun 19, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$400
Sold for $413
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. 15 CDVs & cabinet cards, incl. Lincoln, his generals, Tom Thumb, & other personalities.
The group is comprised of the following:
Our Peace Commissioners for 1865. CDV, composite view of Lincoln at center, surrounded by Union officers, including Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas, Farragut, and Porter. New York: Anthony (some soiling, clipped corners). -- Army of Potomac. CDV, composite view of Grant at center, surrounded by six generals, including Meade, Hancock, and Warren. New York: Anthony (soiling, toning, some loss to top left edge of print, mount trimmed). -- CDV of Hugh J. Kilpatrick. New York: Brady (soiling, edge and corner wear to mount).
[With:] 2 memorial CDVs of Abraham Lincoln, the first, an oval-length view of Lincoln mounted on cardstock, his name, birth and dead dates printed below. With "Sketch of President Lincoln's Life" and printed details below. Brooklyn, NY: J. Hall. Additional ink stamps of Fred Maker, Books and Magazines, Oakland, CA (mount corners clipped). The second CDV features a vignetted view of Lincoln at center, surrounded by different scenes. San Francisco, CA: Dewing & Laws, ca 1865-1866. 2-cent US Internal Revenue stamp on verso (some light soiling).
[With:] Unmounted albumen print of John C. Fremont, 3 x 2 1/8 in. -- Unmounted albumen print of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (top edges rounded). -- CDV of "Gov. Sprague & Lady," after lithograph/engraving. Chicago, IL: R.R. Landon (soiling). -- CDV after lithograph/engraving captioned, "Washington's Last Interview with his Mother" (clipped corners). -- CDV, after painting of several statesmen gathered together. -- 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. print of Benjamin Harrison on cardstock mount, with identification and "Heisel's Party Gum" printed below (toning, some soiling).
[Also with:] CDVs of General Tom Thumb and his "Fairy Bride" Lavinia Warren Stratton. New York: Brady, Anthony. Each with facsimile signatures of the bride and groom on verso (each with some edge and corner wear). -- 2 cabinet cards of Solomon Smith Russell, 19th century comedic stage actor. Chicago, IL: Morrison (each with light edge and corner wear).
Together, 15 CDVs and cabinet cards. Condition generally good unless otherwise noted.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon
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