Lot of seven 1.375 x 1.75 in. ferrotypes, each with printed cardstock backing with identification and credit to Abbott & Co., and encased in brass mats with hangers. Subjects include: Maj. General N.P. Banks (two copies); Brig.-General Nathaniel Lyon, Slain in defense of his Country, Aug. 10, 1861; Col. Cameron, N.Y. Highlanders. Killed at Bull Run.; Hon. Simon Cameron, Sec'y of War.; Senator Charles Sumner; and Secretary of State William H. Seward. Abbott sold these distinctive portraits out of his Lower Manhattan studio in 1861 and 1862, along with those of other prominent Union and Confederate figures.
Lot of seven 1.375 x 1.75 in. ferrotypes, each with printed cardstock backing with identification and credit to Abbott & Co., and encased in brass mats with hangers. Subjects include: Maj. General N.P. Banks (two copies); Brig.-General Nathaniel Lyon, Slain in defense of his Country, Aug. 10, 1861; Col. Cameron, N.Y. Highlanders. Killed at Bull Run.; Hon. Simon Cameron, Sec'y of War.; Senator Charles Sumner; and Secretary of State William H. Seward. Abbott sold these distinctive portraits out of his Lower Manhattan studio in 1861 and 1862, along with those of other prominent Union and Confederate figures.
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