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Lot 432

[CIVIL WAR] Five (5) Portraits of Soldiers

Estimate: $250 - $500
Current Bid
$225

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A collection of five (5) photographs of Civil War-era soldiers. Included are: 

 

1. Ninth plate studio bust portrait tintype of a soldier in a gray uniform. N.p., ca. 1860s. Full leatherette case. 

 

2. Ninth plate studio bust portrait tintype of a Union soldier. N.p., ca. 1860s. Separated full leatherette case. Gilding to soldier's buttons and kepi buckle. 

 

3. Sixth plate seated portrait ambrotype of Union soldier George Rieflin. [Indiana], 1861-1864. Full leatherette case. Gilding to his buttons and buckles. 

 

Typed note behind image reads: "GEORGE RIEFLIN / Enlisted at age 20 in the Union Army, Indiana Infantry, Evansville, Indiana. (Not drafted). Served 1861-64. Wounded, lost middle finger in action, and returned to Evansville. Died, age 24 years, of dysentery. 

 

4. Sixth plate seated portrait tintype of a soldier. N.p., ca. 1860s. Half leatherette case. 

 

5. Quarter plate full-length portrait tintype of a soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet. N.p., ca. 1860s. Uncased, in brass mat. Some tinting to buckles. 

 

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards, Stereographs]

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