Lot of 2, including: Finely hand-colored albumen photograph of a Union private, housed in period wood & gesso frame, 12.25 x 14.25 in. overall. Frame backing is penciled Raymond Swank, with a Toledo, OH, address, though that name does not appear on Civil War rolls and may not be intended to be an identification of the sitter. A second original artwork of a penciled sketch then water colored of a civil war officer with his sword. Housed in an old gesso frame, it measures 9.5 x 13.5 in. Condition: The first is in excellent condition with bold color and clarity. The second has toning of the paper and the glass of the frame is broken.
Lot of 2, including: Finely hand-colored albumen photograph of a Union private, housed in period wood & gesso frame, 12.25 x 14.25 in. overall. Frame backing is penciled Raymond Swank, with a Toledo, OH, address, though that name does not appear on Civil War rolls and may not be intended to be an identification of the sitter. A second original artwork of a penciled sketch then water colored of a civil war officer with his sword. Housed in an old gesso frame, it measures 9.5 x 13.5 in. Condition: The first is in excellent condition with bold color and clarity. The second has toning of the paper and the glass of the frame is broken.
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