Framed Matthew Brady Photo of Union Civil War Figures at Petersburg, Virginia

Description:

Framed Matthew Brady Photo of Union Civil War Figures at Petersburg, Virginia, 1864, the name "Brady" and "Washington" stamped on the card the photo is affixed to, the reverse has two playing card 5 cent tax stamps, both stamped "Brady"; the photograph depicts, according to the label on the reverse: "It shows at the left (extreme) sitting, Gen. John A. Rollins...he was aide-de-camp to Grant; then assist. adj, general and chief-of-staff. Behind Grant, (in center, with [h]and in pocket) is young Lt. Frederick Grant, later Major General. In front of Grant stands Col. M.B. Ryan, and on extreme right is Col. Ely S. Parker, military secretary who was full-blooded Indian, and grand-nephew of the famous Red Jacket and chief of the tribes known as the six nations."; (crease l.l.),actual photo size 5 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.
Estimate $400-600

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