(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) Full length profile portrait of a Blac

Sale 2631 - Lot 242

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Full-length profile portrait of a Black cavalryman. Tintype photograph, 4 x 2 1/2 inches, with hand-colored highlights in gilt and a bit of blue to his trousers; traces of an early oval mat, top edges rounded, minor wear. No place, circa 1863-1865

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This unidentified soldier carries a bugle on his back, a cartridge box at his waist, and a sword in one hand. Full-length profile portraits from this period are not commonly seen.