George Armstrong Custer CDV / SOLD
George Armstrong Custer CDV - Inventory Number: CDV 572 / SOLD
This was taken at the Brady studios, after the conclusion of the victorious 1864 Shenandoah Campaign and not long before the final fighting around Petersburg and Richmond, and the pursuit to Appomattox in which Union cavalry played a key role and Custer did his best to claim the limelight. The image is a vignette bust shot and in excellent condition, with good clarity and good corners and edges to the card, no bends or creases, with a little, minor soiling, but no foxing to the image. Custer wears a regulation Major General’s frock coat, appropriate for his command of the 3rd Division of the cavalry corps under Sheridan and has let his trademark locks grow out again. The backmark is, “Brady & Co.’s / National / Photographic Portrait Galleries / No. 352 Pennsylvania Avenue, / Washington, D.C. / and Broadway & Tenth St., N.Y.” Scarce CDV with great contrast, trimmed cardstock.
Comes housed in 6 x 8 riker display case with red velvet and descriptive card.