Choice 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet bust portrait of Sherman in uniform, signed in the lower border in black ink, “W. T. Sherman, General, 1886,” and signed and inscribed on the reverse, “To Miss Carmelita Ferres, with best compliments of W. T. Sherman, General. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 5, 1886.” Reverse also bears a light Kuhn Bros. of St. Louis photographer’s stamp. In fine condition. At the time of signing, Sherman was in San Francisco to deliver an address to the ‘National Encampment’ of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he reflected on America’s wars to that point and concluded by saying that ‘the civil war demonstrated that we, its citizens, could defend the Government against the greatest of all enemies—ourselves.’ A beautiful photograph with a poignant association. RR Auction COA.
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