Nov 26, 2013 - Sale 2333

Sale 2333 - Lot 300

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
WHITMAN, WALT. Photograph dated and Signed, 1/2-length seated portrait by Brady, showing him in suit without hat and tugging at the ear. Inscribed in the image, lower left. Inscribed on the verso, in an unknown hand: "Given by Mr. Whitman to Violet Blair / May 1871." 6 1/2x5 3/4 inches; edges irregularly trimmed, moderate scattered soiling, few tiny holes at cheek and forehead, mounted to larger board, some fading to image but signature is bold. Np, 1871