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Ref.number: TIN021
Price VAT incl.: €195,00

AMBROTYPE

An ambrotype is an underexposed, underdeveloped, wet-collodion negative on glass that, when viewed with a dark background, appears as a positive image. The dark background is commonly a black varnish applied to the glass base but is sometimes a separate material behind the glass or the glass base itself may be dark. Ambrotypes first came into use in the early 1850s. This photograph that is light and a bit faded, depicts a young Union soldier, he wears an military jacket and a model 1861 forage cap. The image is mounted in an embossed leather union case with single latch closure. A light brown velvet pad with embossed crest on the inner verso side of the case protects the glass photograph. The photograph is framed with embossed, highly ornate, decorative gold foil with an oval viewing window that is decorated with a canon, a drum and 2 banners. It also has the inscription; "The Union now and forever".Union case shows traces of usage, but is in very fine condition. Nice Civil War era image.