Sixth plate tintype of a seated, enlisted man holding an M1849 Colt pistol, wearing a nine-button frock coat with unusually large wagon wheel insignia. The wagon wheel is decidedly non-regulation for the Civil War period but later morphed into the insignia for the Quartermaster Dept. It may also indicate the functional role of its unidentified wearer as a wagon master. A rare example in either case. The inside of the case is inscribed Jennison, and although the figure bears a resemblance to Charles "Doc" Jennison, an anti-slavery hero during the Bleeding Kansas affair and Union Colonel and leader of the 7th Kansas and 15th Kansas Cavalries, this identification cannot be confirmed. Housed in half case. Provenance: The Rick Mach Collection of Civil War & Western Photography Condition: Housed in half case. Tintype with semi-circular crease/indentation in top left corner, small pin-sized protrusion in plate, near subject's left hand, few small blemishes on surface of plate, corners of plate clipped.
Sixth plate tintype of a seated, enlisted man holding an M1849 Colt pistol, wearing a nine-button frock coat with unusually large wagon wheel insignia. The wagon wheel is decidedly non-regulation for the Civil War period but later morphed into the insignia for the Quartermaster Dept. It may also indicate the functional role of its unidentified wearer as a wagon master. A rare example in either case. The inside of the case is inscribed Jennison, and although the figure bears a resemblance to Charles "Doc" Jennison, an anti-slavery hero during the Bleeding Kansas affair and Union Colonel and leader of the 7th Kansas and 15th Kansas Cavalries, this identification cannot be confirmed. Housed in half case. Provenance: The Rick Mach Collection of Civil War & Western Photography Condition: Housed in half case. Tintype with semi-circular crease/indentation in top left corner, small pin-sized protrusion in plate, near subject's left hand, few small blemishes on surface of plate, corners of plate clipped.
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