2020-01 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/18/2020
Albumen photograph, 16" X 10", with description in the negative, "Scene of Pickett's charge, Gettysburg, showing the "copse", stone wall of bloody angle, Codori house, grove in which Confederate forces formed, and where Gen. Webb was wounded and Gen. Armistead and Lieut. Cushing killed in angle - Photo. by Tipton, Gettysburg." There are two small monuments visible in the background and a hand painted sign sticking in the stonewall with the IDs of two Pennsylvania regiments painted on it. A great Tipton Gettysburg view and rarely encountered in this extremely large size. William H. Tipton (1850-1929) was a noted American photographer of the second half of the 19th century, most noted for his extensive early photography of the Gettysburg Battlefield and the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Tipton was born in Gettysburg. He studied photography as the apprentice of Charles and Isaac Tyson, who were among the earliest Gettysburg photographers. In 1868, Tipton purchased much of assets of the Tyson studio and went into business for himself. He became quite popular as an outdoor portrait photographer, taking thousands of photographs of visitors to the Gettysburg battlefield, where he established Tipton Park. By 1888, he had produced an estimated 5,000 views of the battlefield of Gettysburg and more than 100,000 portraits. He eventually became one of America's best known photographers, but images of Civil War battlefields remained a mainstay, including Antietam and Harpers Ferry.
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