^#1544 ^Lot 1602 David Hunter

President of the military commission trying the conspirators involved with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Sharp wet plate, albumen 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo. Superb half-view in uniform with rank of major general. Backmark: E. & H.T. Anthony, New York, made from a photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. In fine condition, with light rippling and a pencil notation on the reverse.