Lot 620: Portfolio of 40 Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithograph Portraits; Civil War

39 lithographs on wove paper of Civil War personalities from the Cincinnati firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., ca. 1862, bound into a portfolio, plus one Currier and Ives lithograph of George Washington, Union figures include: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and A.E. Burnside, among many others. Notable in this collection is the publisher's tendency to use the same background for different subjects, for instance the prints of Lincoln, Chase, Stanton, Tod, Morton, and Andrew Johnson sit in identical offices, and are different only in their facial features, ca. 1862, sheet size 16" H x 12 1/2" W. Subjects: George Washington; Abraham Lincoln, President of the U.S.; Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury.; E.M. Stanton.; David Tod, Gov. of Ohio.; O.P. Morton, Gov. of Indiana.; Andy Johnson, Military Gov. of Tenn.; Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott; Henry W. Halleck, Maj. Genl. U.S.A; Geo. G. Meade, Maj Genl. U.S.A. Commander of the Potomac Army; W.S. Rosecrans, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; Ulysses S. Grant, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; A.E. Burnside, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; Nathl. P. Banks. Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; O.M. Mitchell, Brig. Genl. U.S.A.; L. S. Rousseau, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; S. R. Curtis, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; Robt. L. McCook, Col. 9th (First German) Regt. O.V. U.S.A.; August Willich, Brig. Genl. U.S.A.; Wm. B. Franklin, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; Lewis Wallace, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; A. McD. McCook, Brig. Genl. U.S.A.; Nathl. Lyon, Brig. Genl. U.S.A. Killed at the Battle of Springfield, Mo Aug 10, 1861.; John C. Fremont, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; S. P. Heintzelman, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; Jefferson C. Davis, Brig. Genl. U.S.A.; W. H. Lytle, Colonel Tenth Ohio; Corcoran, Col. 69th Regt. NYSM; Jno. A. McClernand, Brig. Genl. U.S.A.; J. C. Sullivan, Brig. Genl. U.S.A.; E.E. Ellsworth, Col. Ellsworth's N.Y. Zouaves.; Franz Sigel, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; Louis M. Goldsborough, Flag Officer U.S. Navy; D. Hunter, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; John M. Worden, Commanding the Montauk, Capt. U.S. Navy; E. V. Sumner, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; B.F. Butler, Maj. Genl. U.S.A.; S.F. Dupont, Adm. U.S.N.; Commodore Foote, U.S.N.; Commodore Farragut, U. S. Navy.

CONDITION: Boards and pages slightly loose in binding; mild toning and foxing throughout.