3 Civil War soldier images, including 1 gem-sized bust portrait of a Confederate soldier, unidentified, in a leather case, and 1 ninth-plate sized half-length portrait of an unidentified seated Union soldier in gutta percha case. Also included is a Quarter Plate size tintype of a seated soldier wearing what appears to be a Union uniform, with inscription […]
Lot 499: 10th KY CSA POW Letter, Morgan’s Raiders related
Civil War Letter from Nat C. McLean of the Kentucky 8th and 10th (Johnson’s) Cavalry, Co. E, written from Johnson’s Island Prison, Ohio, dated Aug. 8 1864. Johnson’s Cavalry took part in John Hunt Morgan’s famous Christmas raid and ill-fated Indiana-Ohio raid. During the latter, the majority of the regiment were captured and imprisoned, many for the […]
Lot 498: W. Cooper Portrait of CSA Sgt. Major Abram Bostick, KIA
Washington Bogart Cooper (Tennessee, 1802-1882) oil on canvas oval portrait of Abraham (Abram) Bostick of Nashville, Tennessee. Bostick is depicted shortly before his death at age 20, fully facing the viewer and wearing a black coat and tie with white shirt. Unsigned, in original oval carved and molded giltwood and composition frame. Sight: 29 in. H x 24 […]
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Lot 496: Xanthus Smith O/C Civil War Painting, Battle of 2nd Manassas AKA Bull Run, 1864
Xanthus Russell Smith (Pennsylvania, 1839-1929) oil on canvas painting, “General Reynolds Rallying the Pennsylvania Reserves at the Second Battle of Manassas,” 1864. Major General John F. Reynolds, on horseback, waves the American flag as he rallies his Pennsylvania Reserves troops against a Confederate brigade shown at left. At right, Reynolds’s Federal troops raise the flag […]
Lot 495: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831
U. S. President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), large and bold autograph signature on two-page Letters Patent for John Baker’s “improvement in regulating the draught of chimneys, called a Chimney Valve,” dated Oct. 28, 1831. Countersigned by Secretary of State Edward Livingston and Attorney General B.B. Taney. White wafer seal and pink ribbons adhered at the lower […]
Lot 494: 19th C. Portrait of Andrew Jackson After Ralph Earl
American School, first half 19th century, oil on canvas painting of President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), after an original circa 1835 portrait by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (1788-1838). Jackson is shown in three-quarters, bust-length view, wearing a black ascot and black coat with red collar and gold clasps and looks to the viewer’s right. Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood frame with […]
Lot 493: Early State of Tennessee Map, Matthew Carey, 1814
Mathew Carey (1790-1839) engraved map with hand coloring, “The State of Tennessee,” 1814. A detailed map of Tennessee with Nashville, Knoxville, counties, geographical features, and other points of interest, plus bordering territories. Also includes the Native American/”Indian” boundary line across Middle Tennessee, Fort Massac or Wilkinsonville in Western Kentucky, and other forts along the Mississippi River. […]
Lot 492: Two 18th C Maps of Southern United States Incl. Thomas Walker, Lodge & Bellin
1st Item: John Lodge (England, 1735-1796) engraved map, “An Exact Map of North and South Carolina, & Georgia, with East and West Florida, from the latest Discoveries,” 1778. With the southeastern colonies, from Virginia and Maryland to Florida and the Bahamas and west to Louisiana. Also included is Dr. Thomas Walker’s 1750 settlement along the […]
Lot 491: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner
Scarce William G. Bonner (Georgia, b. 1811) lithographed folding pocket map with original hand coloring, “Bonner’s Pocket Map of the State of Georgia / Complied by Wm. G. Bonner, Civil Engineer / Milledgeville,” 1855. With 1850 census information organized into “White” and Black” columns plus city and county names, geographical features, and railroads. Publication information along […]
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