tarbridge Posted June 19, 2016 Share #1 Posted June 19, 2016 This portrait came out of an old house in Orange County North Carolina... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted June 20, 2016 Share #2 Posted June 20, 2016 Nice find. Any idea on his unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted June 20, 2016 No...and he could be Pre-War... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted June 23, 2016 Share #4 Posted June 23, 2016 That is a cool piece Robert. Does anyone have a feel for the rarity of Confederate portraits in general? It's a subject I know absolutely nothing about. How would they compare to Union portraits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted June 23, 2016 Eric, as you know...subject matter...if it's identified...etc...will.play on value. This one was given to me years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zsmith Posted June 23, 2016 Share #6 Posted June 23, 2016 Obvious question... have you looked on the back of the photo to see if there's anything written that would give a clue to who it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted June 23, 2016 Yes...nothing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted June 23, 2016 Share #8 Posted June 23, 2016 Great image Robert! Is the damage bad enough that it needs repaired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted June 23, 2016 It could use some repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share #10 Posted June 23, 2016 That is a cool piece Robert. Does anyone have a feel for the rarity of Confederate portraits in general? It's a subject I know absolutely nothing about. How would they compare to Union portraits? You can look at the value of Confederate Veteran images...they bring a tidy sum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapman Posted October 24, 2021 Share #11 Posted October 24, 2021 You say it came from an old house in Orange County? Is the house still there? Maybe check with land records in Chapel Hill at the County CH. Maybe this 1st Lt lived in that house? Possibly Orange County might have a listing in units raised locally? Possibly the Historical Society? Too bad there's no name on the photo. But if home records and name match a name on a local unit. Might get lucky. Historical society might have a photo of the unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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