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MID-19TH C ANTIQUE US CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIER TINTYPE PHOTO W/GOLD FRAME NO CASE
$ 194.04
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Description
MID-19TH CENTURYAME
RI
CAN
ANTIQUE
US CIVIL WAR UNION ARMY ENLISTED SOLDIER (POSSIBLY
AN
OFFICER) BLACK
&
WHITE, SEPIA-TONED
TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPH,
with
ORNATE
EMBOSSED GOLD LINER FRAME
[No hinged leather case]
Circa 1861-1865
Mid-19th century
antique
Ame
ri
can
US Civil War
tintype photographs
of
Union
&
Confederate
enlisted soldiers & officers
DIMENSIONS:
4 1⁄4" Length x 3 1⁄4" Width
DESCRIPTION:
There's a few slight creases and perhaps a minor push into the tin metal surface of this original and
antique
Ame
ri
can
mid-19th century
US Civil War
tintype photograph
of a posing
Union Army
soldier
seated, with his characteristic
Union Army
blue wool
Kepi cap
with short visor and blue wool and brass buttoned
sack coat.
The enlisted soldier is seated and is posing without his assigned rifle, possibly discharged from service after being wounded or even more likely, photographed before his military service to the nation began and his personal involvement in the struggle against the
southern
Confederacy,
should he perish and die in that struggle. This photograph then would have been a fairly expensive photographic lifeline to his wife, children and his parents, letting them and future generations view him and his potential ultimate sacrifice for posterity. He's not smiling, as was the
19th century
tradition of people posing to have their photo taken. He is serious and stoic, no doubt relaying the seriousness and solemn attitude toward what potentially lied ahead of him and the great unknown. It has no hinged leather case but has a great, embossed gold liner frame. Fantastic.
CONDITION:
Good to Very Good overall antique condition.