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CHARLES WILKES, Civil War Navy/Trent Affair/Polar Explorer, Steel Engraving 8348

CHARLES WILKES, Civil War Navy/Trent Affair/Polar Explorer, Steel Engraving 8348

$ 10.56

Availability: 37 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    WILKES, CHARLES (1813-91)  Union Commodore; Captured Confederate Commissioners James Mason and John Slidell Aboard the British Steamer
    Trent
    on November 8, 1861; Antarctic Explorer
    Original Steel Engraving
    , 7 ¼” x 10 ¼” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ½” x 7 ½” image of Wilkes in military uniform, imprinted
    “Painted by Alonzo Chappel.  Likeness from a recent Photograph from life,”
    and dated
    “A.D 1864”
    in print below.
    Lightly and evenly toned, with a few inconsequential stains.