Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(PHOTOGRAPHY--CIVIL WAR.) Group of 6 cartes-de-visite of Confederate leaders. Each about 4 x 2 1/2 inches, various conditions. Vp, 1861-63 and undated

Additional Details

"The Neglected Picture," photograph of a satirical depiction of Jefferson Davis by artist William M. Davis of Port Jefferson, NY. New York: E.A. Lewis, 1861 "Jefferson Davis," a carte-sized engraving after a Brady photograph by Elias Dexter. New York, undated "Confederate Chieftains," photograph of an engraved group portrait of Davis and 9 political leaders. Np, undated "The Clothes (Close) of the Confederacy," photograph of a print of Davis fleeing in hoopskirts "How Happy Could I Be With Either," photograph of a Davis caricature lampooning Confederate military failures at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. New York: J. Hull, 1863 Photograph of a painting of Robert E. Lee after the well-known 1863 Minnis & Cowell pose. Np, undated.