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Part 1: Alejandro de Quesada, Jr. Collection

Sat, Nov 22, 2025 09:00AM EST
Lot 113

[CIVIL WAR] Native American Infantryman

Estimate: $750 - $1,500

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TINTYPE PORTRAIT OF A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER, POSSIBLY OF NATIVE AMERICAN DESCENT

 

American, 1861-65. Sixth-plate tintype housed in full leatherette case.

 

Cased tintype, three-quarter-length studio portrait of a young Union enlisted man seated in uniform, wearing a forage cap fitted with a gilt infantry hunting-horn device and a nine-button fatigue blouse; cheeks lightly hand-tinted.

 

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