Extremely nice sixth plate ambrotype of a Confederate from the Peyton and Grimes families. The image has the earmarks of an unsigned Rees. It is painted on the back in the relievo style, as Rees did many times. The glass is roughly cut and displays the remains of paper seals,…
Very nice clear glass ambrotype of a Union officer. The image is not lacquered on the back and looks like a ghost image without black paper behind it to provide the contrast. Image is nicely colored and posed. Housed in a very nice patriotic leatherette case (eagle and shield) with…
This image came out of a family in Navarro County, Texas with a verbal provenance that it depicted John A. Strobel. Strobel served as a private in Company F of Griffin’s Texas Infantry Battalion. Griffin’s Infantry Battalion was assembled during the early summer of 1862 with six companies. The unit…