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Auction archive: Lot number 118

Civil War-Era CDVs of African American Woman, Lincoln, Washington, and More

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$216
Auction archive: Lot number 118

Civil War-Era CDVs of African American Woman, Lincoln, Washington, and More

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$216
Beschreibung:

Lot of 8 CDVs, featuring a studio view of a middle-aged African American woman wearing a patterned dress and apron, credited on verso to E.M. Recher, Hagerstown, MD (light, even toning to print, corners trimmed). Accompanied by the popular view of Abraham Lincoln looking at a photo album with his son Tad, no studio credit (toning, scattered spotting to image and mount, which is thin); four lithographed/engraved cartes of George Washington, Martha Washington, and family, no studio credits (George Washington portrait with loss to lower right corner); uncredited portrait of a young boy with curious leg deformation (smudges on mount verso, vertical crease in mount); and trimmed view of Lizzie Harold (toning, severely trimmed).

Auction archive: Lot number 118
Auction:
Datum:
20 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Lot of 8 CDVs, featuring a studio view of a middle-aged African American woman wearing a patterned dress and apron, credited on verso to E.M. Recher, Hagerstown, MD (light, even toning to print, corners trimmed). Accompanied by the popular view of Abraham Lincoln looking at a photo album with his son Tad, no studio credit (toning, scattered spotting to image and mount, which is thin); four lithographed/engraved cartes of George Washington, Martha Washington, and family, no studio credits (George Washington portrait with loss to lower right corner); uncredited portrait of a young boy with curious leg deformation (smudges on mount verso, vertical crease in mount); and trimmed view of Lizzie Harold (toning, severely trimmed).

Auction archive: Lot number 118
Auction:
Datum:
20 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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