Early Civil War or Pre Civil War tintype photograph of an officer wearing a United States militia uniform with gilded buttons and insignia, and a Mexican War Wheel Cap. Sixth plate size, in a pressed leather union case 4 in. H x 3 in. W. Note: this tintype has descended in the family of Hubbard […]
Lot 502: 9 19th Cent. Photos, incl. Brady Lincoln CDV, Akron OH
Group of nine early photographs including Civil War interest. Includes 1 Matthew Brady CDV of Abraham Lincoln with Brady backstamp; 1 Civil War era CDV of US Navy Admiral Gustavus Scott; 1 framed post Civil War oval salt print portrait identified en verso as A.L. Bedell, 16th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry (this name not found in unit records); 1 town […]
Lot 501: 4 Civil War Era Tintypes of Soldiers, including Confederate
Four (4) Civil War era tintype photographs of young enlisted men in uniforms. Includes three ninth-plate size images and one sixteenth plate size image. One is in an octagonal gutta percha case, the others are in rectangular pressed leather cases. At least one image includes a Confederate soldier: the man in the ninth plate image in rectangular case (second from […]
Lot 500: 3 Civil War Soldier Tintypes, incl. Gem Sized CSA
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 […]
Lot 497: No Lot
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 […]
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