Tintype portrait of Mattie Ready Morgan, wife of Civil War CSA Gen. John Hunt Morgan, along with a small archive of papers and currency related to her brother, Col. Horace Ready and the Ready House Hotel of Murfreesboro, 7 items total. The ninth-plate tintype depicts Mattie Ready seated in an off-the-shoulders belted dress and a […]
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 […]
Lot 619: Scarce Civil War Print: Appomattox Courthouse Scene
Scarce Civil War related lithograph with tinstone, “The Room in The McLean House, at Appomattox C.H., in which Gen.Lee surrendered to Gen.Grant.” Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by Wilmer McLean, published by Henry B. Major and Joseph F. Knapp, New York, 1867. Housed under glass in a walnut molded frame […]
Lot 618: 2 Charles Copeland Military Grisille Illustrations
Two (2) Charles George Copeland (American/ Massachusetts, Maine. 1858 – 1945) grisaille and gouache illustrations on paperboard depicting the Civil War. Including one depicting a soldier leaving via the gate of a home with a couple shown in the background beneath an open doorway, the female crying, presumably after receiving bad news. The other depicts […]
Lot 617: Allen Redwood Civil War illustration, "Defense of New Orleans"
Allen Carter Christian Redwood (American/North Carolina/California, 1844-1922), “An Incident in the Defense of New Orleans,” Pen and ink on paper drawing with gouache highlights, depicting soldiers laying in wait along a river bank as a Naval gunboat approaches. Signed ACR lower right above the initials EJM. Illustrated, plate 79, The American Heritage Century Collection of […]
Lot 616: Painting of the Battle of Mobile Bay, Sinking of the CSS Tennessee
19th Century oil on canvas painting of the 1864 Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay. The painting depicts the USS Monongahela ramming the CSS Tennessee as other Union warships move into position to engage. The two twin-turret monitors depicted at the right are USS Winnebago and USS Chickasaw. Antique molded giltwood frame. Sight- 20″H x […]
Lot 615: John R. Chapin Civil War Ink & Gouache Illustration
John R. Chapin (American/New York, 1823-1904) ink and gouache original Civil War illustration on paper titled “Chap III: McClellan and Prince de Joinville before Yorktown,” later engraved by George T. Andres and included in the book “Recollections of a Private” by Warren Lee Goss, published in 1890 and featured on page 36. Artist-signed lower right […]
Lot 613: Portrait of CSA General John S. Marmaduke
Watercolor and gouache on heavy cardstock portrait of CSA General John Sappington Marmaduke (1833-1887), seated and wearing his Confederate uniform. Matted, unframed. Sight: 17″H x 14 3/4″W. Mat: 24″H x 20″W. Note: oral history of the family in which this painting descended attributed it to Emil Fuchs (Austrian/American, 1866-1929). John Sappington Marmaduke was born in […]
Lot 612: Portrait of General Robert E. Lee Signed J.K. Harley 1871
James Kimball Harley (Maryland, 1828-1889) oil on canvas portrait of Civil War General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870). Signed J.K. Hartley in red, lower left, with date 1872. In original ornately carved giltwood and composition frame with oval aperture. Sight – 32″h x 26″W. Frame – 43″H x 35″W. Affixed en verso is the engraved card […]
Lot 611: CDV Album, Indiana & Civil War
Photograph album containing CDVs of predominately Civil War era citizens and soldiers of Indiana, with most photographs identified with handwriting on their respective pages. Some notable CDVs include: Major. Moses D. Leeson (1818-1884) of the 5th Indiana Cavalry. Joined 1862, commissioned a 1st Lieutenant of Co. B, eventually promoted to Major. The 5th joined with […]
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