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THBExtensive Collection of Civil War Magic Lantern Slides
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LiveJun 9, 2017 - Jun 10, 2017
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- Lot Description
Lot of 157 magic lantern slides of Civil War subjects. All are standard 3.25 x 4 in. slides, most with publisher's information and titles, and the majority in 4 x 7 in. wood casing. The images are sourced from original negatives by Mathew Brady, Timothy O'Sullivan, Alexander Gardner, and other noted Civil War-era photographers, but most were published in lantern slide format by those who acquired rights to the negatives after the war, or published them without rights (for example, E. & H.T. Anthony's negatives were acquired by Taylor & Huntington, who published many of the slides in this lot). Other publishers present in this grouping include T.H. McAllister, Brady & Co., Buckeye Stereopticon Co., et al. All are cataloged by the consignor, and a full inventory is available upon request.
The images comprise a fine record of the personalities and events of the Civil War. There are 20 slides featuring Abraham Lincoln, including studio portraits by Gardner (3), Brady, Alexander Hesler (3), Samuel M. Altschuler (2), Samuel M. Fassett, Abraham B. Byers, F.E. Stevens, and Nicholas Shepherd, plus Gardner's Incidents of the War images of Lincoln at Antietam meeting with General McClellan (2) and with Pinkerton and General McClernand (2). Other personalities include General Grant (8, including 3 of the "Council of War"), General George A. Custer (2), General McClellan (5), General Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis (2), General Sherman, General Miles, General Hancock, General Pickett, Stephen A. Douglas, and others.
Battlefields and operations depicted include 22 views of Gettysburg, including a view of the Confederate dead gathered for burial, General Meade at his tent, dead horse of the 9th Massachusetts, and views of Little Round Top, the Devil's Den, and other sites. Also views of Antietam, Bull Run, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, City Point, Bermuda Hundred, Washington, Charleston and Fort Sumter, Richmond and Libby Prison, and the destruction of Atlanta. Of special note are views of Union and Confederate dead at Fort Mahone, Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg, and Dunker Church, the executions of Henry Wirz and and William Johnson (two-view series), and a three views titled "The Darkey in the Air," showing an African American being thrown up in the air by Union soldiers holding a blanket.
The majority are in very good condition. Only about 10% are cracked or of poor quality. All are stored in bubble wrap and individual sleeves with catalog numbers and titles.Condition
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