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FINE QUARTER PLATE RUBY AMBROTYPE OF LT. CHARLES

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
FINE QUARTER PLATE RUBY AMBROTYPE OF LT. CHARLES
F. DUPRE, MARION RIFLE ZOUAVES, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. Quarter plate full-length portrait of Lt. Charles F. Dupree of the Marion Rifles, wearing a double-breasted frock coat and 2-piece buckle on sword belt, tinted. Old ink label: "Charles F. Dupre / 1st Lieut. Marion / Rifle Zouaves. Louisville / Kentucky / 1861". Charles F. Dupre (1838–1922) was a respected Louisville physician born in Belgium and a former member of the French Zouave unit. Later, Dupre was appointed captain of Marion Rifle Zouaves, which was a short-lived Louisville unit in 1861. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: excerpts from Louisville newspapers concerning Dupre in Marion Zouaves. CONDITION: very good overall. PROVENANCE: Christies lot 133, May 12, 1999; Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-21907/JS). $800-1,200.