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Colt Arms Advertisement Featuring Currier and Ives Illustration of the 54th Massachusetts. ...
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Colt Arms Advertisement Featuring Currier and Ives Illustration of the 54th Massachusetts. 14" x 11" (sight), no place; no date. Advertisement on cardstock featuring the Currier and Ives illustration titled, "The Gallant Charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment. On the Rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, Near Charleston, July 18th, 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw." The original lithograph was printed in New York in 1863 and was uncolored. This is the earliest known, and one of the few known, times where a major arms manufacturer made a direct appeal to Black customers - a remarkable event given how afraid whites in both the North and South were of arming Blacks (that was one of the reasons there was so much opposition to Black troops in the Civil War). The Fort Wagner battle is being used to connect to a Black audience. This is an extraordinary and unique piece of American history. It is framed to an overall size of 17.75" x 14.5". Not examined outside of the frame.Condition: Dampstained and creased at upper left corner. Wire hanger at upper edge. Toned and lightly soiled.
Auction Info
2022 October 19 Historic African Americana Signature® Auction #6248 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2022
19th
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