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Lot 1365
Postwar Enlargement of a Civil War Era Portrait
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 19th century, this print was likely made from a war-date tintype or carte de visité, its armed subject appears to be an early war North Carolina volunteer wearing a state-issued sack coat with black epaulettes. Presented in a period wooden frame with gilt and gesso liner.

DOA 24.5 x 20.5 in.

A clear portrait despite allover surface losses.