Description

Description: This original carte de visite is boldly signed “A. E. Burnside” with his rank… “Maj. Genl.”

Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881) served in numerous campaigns during the Civil War. After the war he was elected Governor of Rhode Island and later U.S. Senator.

4″ x 2 1/2″, no photographers backmark. Item #A01355

Condition: Small nick to upper left corner of mount, roughness to verso where it was removed from an album (does not affect recto), generally very good. Certified and slabbed by PSA/DNA.