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A~-~~h ~ ~ <br />v <br />~~ <br />AU CTION c~ ESTATE SAL7ES <br />tt%ith Fidclit}•A Dispatch L~ <br />ag <br />Currier & tees ~'t,r:fesierate ~Itia~'.. '. fi" x ) ~:•' frar~at~d ±c~ an .overall 2=L5" x 22". "I-his turf- <br />ti, , -t ,' ~r -~ <br />of-the- 20°i cciitui~~, ca~mpos~tion uses three ~:ri~in~;l 19 ~:. p ,- r;. it lithca~iaphs tc~ c-,-eate <br />an ~~~±ical illusion in which only one hersun is re~ealc_d wt?~~n the whole is viewed Yi-om <br />any given. angle. Surjects incliid:: Jz_f±e~-on f~a~~is. ;Zobei~t Ir. Lee an~1 "Stone~~~~•ali': <br />Jackscni. littact with light stains .end ~,rcllo~~.~irig cur;sistent with age. <br />This composite image is not invFntca~ied in the various public and private Currier ~ Ives <br />collFCtions eonsuited for this appraisal. As sut:h, rt was provably made in limited <br />yuar~tities by an e;--terprising individual or ~eciandarv firm using existing lithogn-aplls for <br />raw materials Being a clever novelty, it also might have been commissioned for <br />gathet~ings of C`onf'ederate veterans or for display at one of the great expositions of its era. <br />Interestingly, an identical triple-portrait of Confederate heroes once hung at Beauvoir, <br />Jefferson Davis's retirement home in Biloxi, Mississippi. According to Leauvoir Curator <br />Richard R. Flowers, 1-lurricane Katrina unfortunately destroyed their example -along <br />~~•ith its documentation - in 2005. <br />The Orange County Library specimen is extremely tare if`not now unique. VVe value it at. <br />$1,(100 base°d upon today's auction market, <br />S~r~cerely, <br />~~ ~ s• ~~, <br />11 <br />RUb ~~t~lat~ <br />Leland Little Auciion ~: Estate Sales, 1_td <br />Leland Little <br />March 30, 20(!~l <br />email: INFO@LLAUCTIONS.COM • <br />~'ele. 919.644.1243 Cax 919.644.1245 620 Cornerstone Court, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />