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Lot 098 - Grouping of Six Antique Military Portrait Photographs Including C.D.V. of Col. James Fisk Jr. in Uniform, Russian Imperial Soldiers by F. Waltz Ostroleka, and U.S. WWI Portrait by Holladay, Newport News Virginia
Lot 098 - Grouping of Six Antique Military Portrait Photographs Including C.D.V. of Col. James Fisk Jr. in Uniform, Russian Imperial Soldiers by F. Waltz Ostroleka, and U.S. WWI Portrait by Holladay, Newport News Virginia
Six antique military portrait photographs in mixed formats depicting uniformed soldiers from the United States and Imperial Russia.
The grouping includes a C.D.V. portrait of Colonel James Fisk Jr. in full dress uniform with epaulettes, a plumed shako, and sword; a cabinet card photograph of a young man in military uniform, photographed by Readman, Gazette Building, Norwalk, Connecticut; a cabinet card photograph of three Imperial Russian soldiers in dark uniforms with medals and peaked caps, photographed by F. Waltz ("Ф. Вальцъ"), Ostroleka ("Остроленка"), with a branch in Komorow — the reverse bearing an illustrated studio advertisement in Russian and Polish; a real photo postcard (RPPC) of an Imperial Russian soldier in uniform holding a rifle, posed before a painted studio backdrop; a board-mounted photograph of a uniformed soldier standing outdoors in snow; and a foldered cabinet card photograph of a young American soldier in WWI-era uniform with crossed-cannon insignia on his cap, photographed by Holladay, 2602 Washington Avenue, Newport News, Virginia.
Individual pieces show varying degrees of toning, surface wear, and minor edge wear consistent with age.
Dimensions:
Dimensions of items in this lot range from 2-3/8" W x 4" H to 6" W x 9-3/4" H.
