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Five CDVs: Wm. B. Franklin, John Fremont, Speed Fry, Theophilus Garrard, Quincy Gillmore
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Five CDVs: Wm. B. Franklin, John Fremont, Speed Fry, Theophilus Garrard, Quincy Gillmore
4/30/2014 - Firearms and Militaria: Live Salesroom Auction
Lot of 5: Brady/Anthony CDV of Brig. Gen. Speed S. Fry, ink identified beneath portrait with notation on verso; Col. 4th KY Inf, led a division at Shiloh and Stone's River, thereafter consigned to rear-area command. Bishop & Campbell, Army of the Cumberland CDV of Brig. Gen. Theophilus T. Garrard, ink identified beneath portrait; Col. 7th KY Inf., commanded Arkansas and KY districts. Fredricks & Co., New York CDV of Maj. Gen. Quincy Gillmore '45; engineer awarded five wartime brevets who rose to Dept. command, particularly innovative during Charleston operations in 1863. Plus CDVs of Gen. Wm. B. Franklin, with Brady/Anthony backmark, and John Fremont, having a wonderful period notation & poem on verso by admirer dated 1862, with Julius Brill, New York backmark.
Provenance:
The Robert Trownsell Collection
Condition:
Fremont cdv with rounded corners. Garrard cdv with heavy soiling, corner and edgewear, including short tear along left edge. Gillmore CDV with rounded corners.
Sold: $822.50
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