Original 1864 Civil War Engraving GENERAL PHILIP KEARNEY Chantilly Mathew Brady For Sale

Handsomeoriginal antique engraved portrait of General Philip Kearney, from anambrotype by the famous CivilWar photographer Mathew Brady, printed more than 160 yearsago.

• This oval portrait of Kearney is set within a medallion-style engravedborder, with a vignette titled "Chantilly". It is signedin theplate with Kearney's signature.
• The image area measures 22.9 x 14.7 cm [9" x 5¾"], and the engravingwaspublished in Volume Two ofRobert Tomes' TheWar with the South, New York: Virtue & Yorston,1862-1867.
• The printed text in the lower margin reads: "Enteredaccording toact of Congress AD. 1864, by Virtue and Yorston in the clerk's officeof the district court of the UnitedStates, for the southern district of N.Y."
• Condition: It is in very goodcondition, bright and clean, with norips, tears, or creases.It is printed on a heavy paper, with original tissue overlay, and isblank on the back,with no printing on the reverse side. Please see the scans and feelfree to ask any questions.
• Philip Kearney, Jr. was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War.
• He was killed in action in the 1862 Battle of Chantilly, also known as the Battleof Ox Hill, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the concluding battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the Civil War.
• This is an original, authentic antique engraving, nota reproduction or modern reprint, fully guaranteed to begenuine.
• It would make a handsome and dramatic display in your den or office. Itwouldalso make a perfect gift, and we'll include our helpful framingtips with yourpurchase.
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