Description

Regis de Trobriand, Brevet Major General, Group of Civil War CDVs 

Lot of 10 cdvs of Major General Regis de Trobriand, including: full length portrait in civilian wear, holding a top hat, by Rintoul & Rockwood of New York, dated 1860; vignette in brigadier general's jacket, by Brady, 1864; portrait in the same jacket, seated, also by Brady, dated 1865; vignette in civilian wear, by R.A. Lewis of New York, 1865; one cropped albumen photograph, 2.25 x 3 in., of de Trobriand and a young woman identified as M.C. de Trobriand, 1865; two of de Trobriand in military uniform, by Penabert of Paris, dated 1874; two with a young boy, by A. Bernier of Brest, 74; and one wearing a 13th infantry kepi, by Sarony, 1879. 

Regis De Trobriand (1816-1897), the expatriate son of a minor French Baron, was an archetypical 19th century Renaissance man equally at home with literature and war. De Trobriand became colonel of the 55th New York and commanded a brigade in the 4th Corps through much of 1862. 

Condition

All very good, with only minor wear.