Ninth plate tintype of an unidentified boy wearing triple-breasted coatee tinted red, with the horizontal braid connecting the small buttons washed in light blue. The popular militia-style jacket has cloth epaulettes, also tinted light blue with short fringe favored by musicians. Pinned to his chest is a light colored silk patriotic cockade or, alternatively, a secession badge with three trailing ribbons that is unfortunately indistinct. Despite the badge, the combination of colors alone is not sufficient evidence to pronounce this boy positively as a Southerner. The Drum Corps of the American Guard of New York City wore “red jackets” in 1857, while red had always been a fashionable “reverse” color for militia musician uniforms as evidenced by popular lithographs of the antebellum period. The key is the badge, which cannot be positively identified. On a heavy plate stamped Neff’s Patent 56. Housed in full case. Provenance: From the Estate of Kenneth Erwin, Portland, Michigan Condition: Plate is excellent with a slight smoky quality evident in the field. Clarity is average.
Ninth plate tintype of an unidentified boy wearing triple-breasted coatee tinted red, with the horizontal braid connecting the small buttons washed in light blue. The popular militia-style jacket has cloth epaulettes, also tinted light blue with short fringe favored by musicians. Pinned to his chest is a light colored silk patriotic cockade or, alternatively, a secession badge with three trailing ribbons that is unfortunately indistinct. Despite the badge, the combination of colors alone is not sufficient evidence to pronounce this boy positively as a Southerner. The Drum Corps of the American Guard of New York City wore “red jackets” in 1857, while red had always been a fashionable “reverse” color for militia musician uniforms as evidenced by popular lithographs of the antebellum period. The key is the badge, which cannot be positively identified. On a heavy plate stamped Neff’s Patent 56. Housed in full case. Provenance: From the Estate of Kenneth Erwin, Portland, Michigan Condition: Plate is excellent with a slight smoky quality evident in the field. Clarity is average.
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