Lot of 31, comprised of 30 CDVs, mostly of Union generals, as well as personalities from the period, housed in two 3.5 x 5 in. albums, accompanied by a cabinet card copy image of Nelson Learned, Co. I, 10th Vermont Regiment, who collected the CDVs during the 1860s. Learned served from September 1862-March 1864, when he deserted, and he was dishonorably discharged in August 1865. The collection features the following subjects (all credited to Anthony and or Brady unless otherwise noted): Major General Ord with his wife and child at the mansion formerly occupied by Jefferson Davis in Richmond, with the table upon which the surrender of General Lee was signed in the doorway; Kit Carson; S.R. Curtis; Robert Anderson; James McPherson (2), one by Anthony, one by Tomlinson, Boston; George H. Thomas (2), one by Anthony/Brady, one by Tomlinson; John Sedgwick; John McClernand; and Rear Admiral Andrew Foote, by Tomlinson. The following commercially printed cartes lack studio imprints; Jefferson Davis; William H. Seward; Elmer Ellsworth; O.O. Howard; Joseph Hooker; A.S. Johnson; Lew Wallace; Winfield S. Hancock; and Ulysses S. Grant and family. Two rare, outdoor views are included in the collection, the first showing the "Review of the Grand Army of the Potomac, Washington, DC," with E. & H.T. Anthony, New York backmark; and a shot looking down on "Broadway just after a shower," as captioned on mount below image, no studio imprint. Additional highlights include 4 composite portraits of Civil War generals, all but one published by Anthony, featuring "Union Cavalry" which includes Custer, "Army of the West" showing Sherman at center, "Naval Heroes" with Farragut at center, and "Our Peace Commissioners for 1865" with Lincoln surrounded by his generals, published by Philadelphia Photographic Co.; a portrait of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, with Tomlinson backmark; and a composite view of "Booth and his Associates," no backmark. Condition: Range in condition, good to very good. Some with wear along perimeter of mount, and on some occasions along top margin of print. Few small holes along top margin of print showing Ord and family. Slight surface abrasion along top edge of "Union Cavalry" composite view. Booth with slight surface abrasion along top edge. Few with clipped corners.
Lot of 31, comprised of 30 CDVs, mostly of Union generals, as well as personalities from the period, housed in two 3.5 x 5 in. albums, accompanied by a cabinet card copy image of Nelson Learned, Co. I, 10th Vermont Regiment, who collected the CDVs during the 1860s. Learned served from September 1862-March 1864, when he deserted, and he was dishonorably discharged in August 1865. The collection features the following subjects (all credited to Anthony and or Brady unless otherwise noted): Major General Ord with his wife and child at the mansion formerly occupied by Jefferson Davis in Richmond, with the table upon which the surrender of General Lee was signed in the doorway; Kit Carson; S.R. Curtis; Robert Anderson; James McPherson (2), one by Anthony, one by Tomlinson, Boston; George H. Thomas (2), one by Anthony/Brady, one by Tomlinson; John Sedgwick; John McClernand; and Rear Admiral Andrew Foote, by Tomlinson. The following commercially printed cartes lack studio imprints; Jefferson Davis; William H. Seward; Elmer Ellsworth; O.O. Howard; Joseph Hooker; A.S. Johnson; Lew Wallace; Winfield S. Hancock; and Ulysses S. Grant and family. Two rare, outdoor views are included in the collection, the first showing the "Review of the Grand Army of the Potomac, Washington, DC," with E. & H.T. Anthony, New York backmark; and a shot looking down on "Broadway just after a shower," as captioned on mount below image, no studio imprint. Additional highlights include 4 composite portraits of Civil War generals, all but one published by Anthony, featuring "Union Cavalry" which includes Custer, "Army of the West" showing Sherman at center, "Naval Heroes" with Farragut at center, and "Our Peace Commissioners for 1865" with Lincoln surrounded by his generals, published by Philadelphia Photographic Co.; a portrait of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, with Tomlinson backmark; and a composite view of "Booth and his Associates," no backmark. Condition: Range in condition, good to very good. Some with wear along perimeter of mount, and on some occasions along top margin of print. Few small holes along top margin of print showing Ord and family. Slight surface abrasion along top edge of "Union Cavalry" composite view. Booth with slight surface abrasion along top edge. Few with clipped corners.
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