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RARE PRESENTATION OF PLATINUM PRINT OF CUSTER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
RARE PRESENTATION OF PLATINUM PRINT OF CUSTER
AFTER BATTLE OF WASHITA. 19" x 12" exposed print in 26" x 19" frame. Ink presentation at top "To Colonel William Jay, a gallant officer of the Civil War from Colonel Schuyler Crosby, the officer on the grey horse". This rare print was made in 1903 from a painting at the Gilcrease Museum. Mounted on the back of frame is long note written by John S. DuMont explaining each person in this image along with the significance of the presentation and biographies on those two individuals and other added notes. CONDITION: print appears very good to fine, not removed from frame. PROVENANCE: John S. DuMont Collection; Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-21640/JS). $600-800.