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| A small image to be sure but this 1/9th plate (1 ¾ X 2 ½ inches) ruby-glass ambrotype has a lot going for it. With strikingly sharp focus and crisp contrast our jaunty militiaman looks out at the viewer with the same clarity of attitude that he presented to the photographer’s camera decades ago. The subject stands in his finest for this full length portrait. He sports the soft Army style cap of the period and thrusts forward a cocked cigar. Clutched at his side is a U. S. Model 1842 musket in original flintlock action. In our years of seeking out and observing such things we have seen other such images including a group of 1/9th plate ambrotypes with each subject, got up in the same fashion and displaying the same model flint musket. That group was clearly a militia outfit emanating from the Portland, Maine area where this image originated. The photograph remains nested in it’s original Peck’s patent 1854 / Halverson’s patent 1855 marked thermal plastic UNION photo case. The case remains in acceptable condition for display but is chipped at the clasp and is offered with the ambrotype only for the sake of originality. Don't forget to give our search feature a try for special wants. A simple key word in lower case works best. |
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