A very strong, armed image in a scarce case. The image is a 6^th plate tintype with excellent clarity, glassed and using an open, scallop-edged mat that shows the photographer has pushed aside a chair and fabric covered table to place the emphasis on the soldier. He is shown full length, wearing the 1858 pattern forage cap, but the prewar light blue and white trimmed shell jacket, and light blue pants, going back to the Mexican War US regulations, but retained quite late by some state and militia companies. He wears a canteen with light colored strap crossing to the viewer’s left, with the sling knotted at his shoulder to keep it at his waist, and shows the wide, tarred canvas strap of a haversack crossing to the viewer’s right. He has also been equipped with a regulation knapsack, the shoulder straps showing clearly, but has apparently not yet drawn accoutrements, showing no cartridge box belt or waist belt, making do with what appears to be a multi-color woven, web belt though which he has thrust a revolver and a sheathed Bowie knife, to make clear he has some serious business to attend to, and holds a musket with bayonet fixed at his side, at attention. The image is very clear. His cheeks have been lightly tinted red. There are some very tiny marks to the emulsion, but the only bothersome damage is some short cracking to it at the very left and very right edges, midway up, next to the mat and not affecting the image. Please see our photos.

This is cased in a scarce thermoplastic figural case, with an elaborate geometric and floral border on both sides framing a kneeling mother embracing a small child with a large dog lying at left, the case usually referred to by collectors as the “faithful hound.” The case is in excellent condition with very good definition, no cracks or chips and with the Littlefield, Parsons & Co. makers label in the back of the case with notice of their 1856 and 1857 patents for rivetted hinges on these cases. The facing pad is in excellent condition- blue velvet with impressed geometric-foliate central, circular motif.   [sr][ph:L]

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