Ninth plate hand-tinted & gilt tintype. Leatherette case. Anonymous artist.

Striking portrait of a rebel warrior who wears a uniform style commonly associated with the state of Mississippi. Armed with a brace of revolvers, he brandishes one for the camera while the second remains tucked into his belt, ready to be drawn. The nine buttons on his jacket were tinted gold by the photographer, but portions of the faces are visible and suggest a state seal. The face of the subject’s jacket features a dark “ladder-pattern” trim. He also wears an impressive slouch hat decorated with a large tassel.

Another favorite of Herb’s, the memorable subject fills the portrait thanks to the photographer’s expert composition.



[Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, Tintype, Carte-de-visite, CDV, Albumen, Mexican War, Mexican American War, Civil War, Slavery, Abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Early Photography]

Provenance: Herb Peck assembled one of the first and greatest collections of historic American photography before it was stolen in 1978 from his Nashville home. Once thought lost forever, authorities recently traced an unexpected clue and discovered many of Herb’s images unscathed after nearly 45 years in hiding. These daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes comprise one of the most important collections of Civil War portrait photography ever curated. Herb Peck was a true pioneer who understood both the historic and artistic merit of portraits showing the common Civil War soldier at a time when they were often overlooked. These photographs are deeply important to our shared American history, and Fleischer's Auctions is proud to make them publicly available on behalf of the Peck family.

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