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  • (GRANT, U. S.) Gutekunst, Frederick

    Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Philadelphia: Gutekunst, April or May 1865

    This impressive full-length portrait of Grant in uniform was made at war’s end to capture the triumphal hero at the height of his powers. This portrait shows Grant emulating the pose of Napoleon in David’s famous Napoleon in his Study (1812), a pose favored in military portraits of the time.

    $9,500

  • (WOMEN)

    Album containing 80 tintype portraits of women and girls. American, 1860s-1880s

    This fascinating album contains 80 tintype portraits of women and girls, young and old. Some are dressed plainly, while others are in fine dresses, and at least one is in mourning attire. The photographs head and shoulders, seated, and full-length standing portraits.

    $9,500

  • (DOUBLEDAY, ABNER)

    Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday. No place, 1860s

    This is a rare large format portrait of the famed general Abner Doubleday. Doubleday played a prominent role in the Union Army from the war’s outset. He was was second in command at Fort Sumter when the war started. He later commanded a division at Antietam, Gettysburg and other major battles.

    $9,500

  • (WHITMAN, WALT.) Napoleon Sarony

    Bust portrait of Whitman wearing a hat. New York, 1878

    Boldly signed and dated 1879 by Whitman. Whitman observed of this delightful portrait, “It is one of my good-humored pictures. … This is strong enough to be right and gentle enough to be right, too: I like to be both: I wouldn’t like people to say ‘he is a giant’ and then forget I know how to love.”

    $7,200

  • (AFRICAN AMERICAN.)

    Black woman with white child. No place, c. 1870-90

    This delightful photograph shows a kind-looking young black woman sitting with a somewhat sour-looking young white child. Both are finely dressed for the occasion, the woman in an elegant dress with lace collar and the child in a dress with an elaborate lace collar. The photographer has highlighted in gold the fine jewelry each wears

    $4,500

  • (ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.) CLARK ,EDWARD

    FDR Funeral 1945. [Published in LIFE], taken in 1945, printed later

    Signed and inscribed by the photographer: “FDR Funeral 1945, Edward Clark, Life.” Famed Life photographer Edward Clark took this celebrated picture in 1945 at the funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt in Atlanta.

    $4,200

  • (Burroughs, John)

    splendid large portrait of John Burroughs. Photographic Portrait by Pach Brothers., 1890s

    John Burroughs (1837-1921) was, after Henry David Thoreau, the greatest American nature essayist. He played an important role in the development of he American conservation movement. Burroughs is also remembered for his close friendship with Walt Whitman, whom he resembled in old age.

    $3,800

  • (Kahlo, Frida and Rivera, Diego.) Sternberger, Marcel

    Portrait of Artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Mexico City, 1952, printed 2017

    $3,500

  • (RICHARDSON ,BENJAMIN.) Oscar Mason, photographer

    Fabulous Albumen Photograph depicting Richardson and his great-grandson as they appeared in the Statue of Liberty Parade in New York. New York: Benjamin Richardson, c. 1886

    Benjamin Richardson, the great collector of patriotic Americana, owned and rode in George Washington’s carriage in the Statue of Liberty dedication paradise in New York in 1886.

    $3,500

  • (Nehru, Jawaharlal.) Sternberger, Marcel

    Portrait of Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. New York, 1949, printed 2017.

    $2500 unframed; framed: $3,000