A nearly perfect ca. 1863-64 full-standing portrait of Artilleryman displaying unit insignia on cap:  9th Artillery / Co. B.  Renaissance-style painted backdrop features a hill town with Civil War encampment across the river (note Sibley tent in foreground).  Pattern on floor, continued in a primitive way into the backdrop, leads us to deep space with a "nuts & bolts" simplicity characteristic of American art.  Many artillery units were stationed around Washington, D.C. to defend the capital from Confederate invasion.
Price:  $100.

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